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U.GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
117TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 117-629
BONDING REFORM AND TAXPAYER PROTECTION ACT OF
2021
DECEMBER 14, 2022.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. GRIJALVA, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
together with
DISSENTING VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 1505]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 1505) to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to make certain
adjustments to the regulation of surface-disturbing activities and to
protect taxpayers from unduly bearing the reclamation costs of oil
and gas development, and for other purposes, having considered
the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and rec-
ommends that the bill as amended do pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be referred to as the Bonding Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act
of 2021.
SEC. 2. SURFACE DISTURBANCE AND RECLAMATION.
Section 17(g) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 226(g)) is amended to read
as follows:
(g) BONDING REQUIREMENTS.-
(1) DEFINITIONS.-In this subsection:
(A) INTERIM RECLAMATION PLAN.-The term 'Interim Reclamation Plan'
means an ongoing plan specifying reclamation steps to be taken on all dis-
turbed areas covered by any lease issued under this Act that are not needed
for active operations.
(B) FINAL RECLAMATION PLAN.-The term 'Final Reclamation Plan'
means a plan describing all reclamation activity to be conducted for all dis-
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