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U.GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
118TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 118-377
SUPERIOR NATIONAL FOREST RESTORATION ACT
FEBRUARY 9, 2024.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
together with
DISSENTING VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 3195]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 3195) to rescind Public Land Order 7917, to reinstate
mineral leases and permits in the Superior National Forest, to en-
sure timely review of Mine Plans of Operations, and for other pur-
poses, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with
an amendment and recommends 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 cited as the Superior National Forest Restoration Act.
SEC. 2. SUPERIOR NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LANDS IN MINNESOTA.
(a) RESCISSION.-The order entitled Public Land Order No. 7917 for Withdrawal
of Federal Lands; Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis Counties, MN, issued by the Bureau
of Land Management and dated January 31, 2023, is hereby rescinded.
(b) TIMELY REVIEw.-The Secretary shall complete all necessary environmental
and regulatory review, including processes subject to the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), for all Mine Plans of Operations within
the Superior National Forest lands in the State of Minnesota-
(1) with respect to such Mine Plans of Operations submitted before the date
of the enactment of this section, not later than 18 months after the date of en-
actment of this section; and
(2) with respect to a Mine Plan of Operations submitted or resubmitted in the
7 year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this section, not later
than 18 months after the date on which such Mine Plan of Operations is sub-
mitted or resubmitted.
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