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118TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 118-925
ENERGY OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL ACT
DECEMBER 18, 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
REPORT
together with
DISSENTING VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 4374]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 4374) to nullify Public Land Order No. 7923, withdrawing
certain land in San Juan County, New Mexico, from mineral entry,
having considered the same, reports favorably thereon without
amendment and recommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION
The purpose of H.R. 4374 is to nullify Public Land Order No.
7923, withdrawing certain land in San Juan County, New Mexico,
from mineral entry.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
In June 2023, the Biden administration issued a Public Land
Order officially withdrawing 336,404.42 acres of federal mineral es-
tate surrounding the Chaco Culture National Historical Park
(CCNHP) for 20 years. This withdrawal prevents mineral develop-
ment on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land where the BLM
also manages the federal mineral estate as well as non-federal land
where the BLM manages the mineral estate. The withdrawal pre-
vents the federal government from leasing under the Mineral Leas-
ing Act. Furthermore, the withdrawal effectively prevents all pri-
vate landowners and Navajo allotees from accessing non-federal
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