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H. Rept. 114-711 1 (2016-09-06)

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                     114TH CONGRESS                                         REPORT
                        2d Session     HOUSE   OF REPRESENTATIVES           114-711







                      COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT OF MINERAL RIGHTS ACT
                                                  OF  2016



                     SEPTEMBER 6, 2016.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
                                       of the Union and ordered to be printed



                      Mr.  BISHOP of Utah, from  the Committee  on Natural  Resources,
                                          submitted  the  following


                                              REPORT

                                            [To accompany H.R. 3881]

                              [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

                      The  Committee   on Natural  Resources, to whom   was referred the
                    bill (H.R. 3881) to amend  the Mineral  Leasing Act  to repeal provi-
                    sions relating only to the Allegheny National Forest, having consid-
                    ered  the same,  report favorably thereon  with an  amendment and
                    recommend   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 Cooperative Management of Mineral Rights Act of
                    2016.
                    SEC. 2. REPEAL OF PROVISIONS REGARDING THE ALLEGHENY NATIONAL FOREST.
                      (a) REPEAL.-Subsection (o) of section 17 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C.
                    226) and 2508 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-486; 106 Stat.
                    3108) are repealed.
                      (b) NOTICE REQUIREMENT NOT AFFECTED.-Nothing in this Act shall be construed
                    or interpreted to (1) limit, modify, or otherwise affect the existing requirement to
                    provide in writing 60-day advance notice of specific activities in accordance with the
                    order dated December 16, 1980 in the case United States ofAmerica v. Minard Run
                    Oil Company, 1980 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9570 (W.D. Pa., Dec. 16, 1980); or (2) limit
                    existing authority of the Forest Service under 16 U.S.C. 551.

                                           PURPOSE   OF THE  BILL

                      The  purpose  of H.R. 3881  is to amend  the Mineral  Leasing  Act
                    to repeal provisions relating only to the Allegheny National Forest.


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