Us Congress 2023-2024 Regular Session

Us Congress House Bill HB3195 Compare Versions

Version 1 (Old)

Version 2 (New)

Old	New		Differences
	1	+	IB
	2	+	Union Calendar No. 308
1	3		118THCONGRESS
2	4		2
3	5		DSESSION H. R. 3195
4		-	AN ACT
	6	+	[Report No. 118–377]
	7	+	To rescind Public Land Order 7917, to reinstate mineral leases and permits
	8	+	in the Superior National Forest, to ensure timely review of Mine Plans
	9	+	of Operations, and for other purposes.
	10	+	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
	11	+	MAY10, 2023
	12	+	Mr. S
	13	+	TAUBER(for himself, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. ZINKE, Mr.
	14	+	G
	15	+	IMENEZ, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Ms. BOEBERT, Mr. LAWLER, Mrs. LESKO,
	16	+	Mr. E
	17	+	MMER, Mr. DUARTE, Ms. HAGEMAN, and Mrs. FISCHBACH) intro-
	18	+	duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural
	19	+	Resources
	20	+	F
	21	+	EBRUARY9, 2024
	22	+	Additional sponsor: Mr. F
	23	+	INSTAD
	24	+	F
	25	+	EBRUARY9, 2024
	26	+	Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
	27	+	House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
	28	+	[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
	29	+	[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 10, 2023]
	30	+	VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:23 Feb 09, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H3195.RH H3195
	31	+	ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 2
	32	+	•HR 3195 RH
	33	+	A BILL
5	34		To rescind Public Land Order 7917, to reinstate mineral
6	35		leases and permits in the Superior National Forest, to
7	36		ensure timely review of Mine Plans of Operations, and
8	37		for other purposes.
	38	+	VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:23 Feb 09, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H3195.RH H3195
	39	+	ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 3
	40	+	•HR 3195 RH
9	41		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
10		-	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2
11		-	•HR 3195 EH
12		-	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
13		-	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Superior National For-2
14		-	est Restoration Act’’. 3
15		-	SEC. 2. SUPERIOR NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LANDS IN 4
16		-	MINNESOTA. 5
	42	+	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
	43	+	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
	44	+	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Superior National For-4
	45	+	est Restoration Act’’. 5
	46	+	SEC. 2. SUPERIOR NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LANDS IN 6
	47	+	MINNESOTA. 7
17	48		(a) R
18		-	ESCISSION.—The order entitled ‘‘Public Land 6
19		-	Order No. 7917 for Withdrawal of Federal Lands; Cook, 7
20		-	Lake, and Saint Louis Counties, MN’’, issued by the Bu-8
21		-	reau of Land Management and dated January 31, 2023, 9
22		-	is hereby rescinded. 10
	49	+	ESCISSION.—The order entitled ‘‘Public Land 8
	50	+	Order No. 7917 for Withdrawal of Federal Lands; Cook, 9
	51	+	Lake, and Saint Louis Counties, MN’’, issued by the Bu-10
	52	+	reau of Land Management and dated January 31, 2023, 11
	53	+	is hereby rescinded. 12
23	54		(b) T
24		-	IMELYREVIEW.—The Secretary shall complete 11
25		-	all necessary environmental and regulatory review, includ-12
26		-	ing processes subject to the National Environmental Pol-13
27		-	icy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), for all Mine 14
28		-	Plans of Operations within the Superior National Forest 15
29		-	lands in the State of Minnesota— 16
30		-	(1) with respect to such Mine Plans of Oper-17
31		-	ations submitted before the date of the enactment of 18
32		-	this section, not later than 18 months after the date 19
33		-	of enactment of this section; and 20
34		-	(2) with respect to a Mine Plan of Operations 21
35		-	submitted or resubmitted in the 7 year period begin-22
36		-	ning on the date of the enactment of this section, 23
37		-	not later than 18 months after the date on which 24
38		-	such Mine Plan of Operations is submitted or resub-25
39		-	mitted. 26 3
40		-	•HR 3195 EH
41		-	(c) REISSUANCE OFMINERALLEASES.— 1
	55	+	IMELYREVIEW.—The Secretary shall complete all 13
	56	+	necessary environmental and regulatory review, including 14
	57	+	processes subject to the National Environmental Policy Act 15
	58	+	of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), for all Mine Plans of Oper-16
	59	+	ations within the Superior National Forest lands in the 17
	60	+	State of Minnesota— 18
	61	+	(1) with respect to such Mine Plans of Oper-19
	62	+	ations submitted before the date of the enactment of 20
	63	+	this section, not later than 18 months after the date 21
	64	+	of enactment of this section; and 22
	65	+	(2) with respect to a Mine Plan of Operations 23
	66	+	submitted or resubmitted in the 7 year period begin-24
	67	+	ning on the date of the enactment of this section, not 25
	68	+	VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:23 Feb 09, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H3195.RH H3195
	69	+	ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 4
	70	+	•HR 3195 RH
	71	+	later than 18 months after the date on which such 1
	72	+	Mine Plan of Operations is submitted or resubmitted. 2
	73	+	(c) R
	74	+	EISSUANCE OFMINERALLEASES.— 3
42	75		(1) I
43		-	N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall issue 2
44		-	~~each~~ mineral lease, preference right lease, and 3
45		-	~~prospecting~~ permit canceled by the Secretary ~~relat-4~~
46		-	~~ing to lands~~ within Superior National Forest during 5
47		-	~~the period~~ beginning on January 31, 2021, and ~~end-6~~
48		-	~~ing on the~~ date of the enactment of this section on 7
49		-	~~the same~~ terms as were in effect on the date of such 8
50		-	~~cancellations~~. 9
	76	+	N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall issue each 4
	77	+	mineral lease, preference right lease, and prospecting 5
	78	+	permit canceled by the Secretary relating to lands 6
	79	+	within Superior National Forest during the period 7
	80	+	beginning on January 31, 2021, and ending on the 8
	81	+	date of the enactment of this section on the same 9
	82	+	terms as were in effect on the date of such cancella-10
	83	+	tions. 11
51	84		(2) J
52		-	UDICIAL REVIEW.—A lease or permit 10
53		-	issued under paragraph (1) is not subject to judicial 11
54		-	review. 12
	85	+	UDICIAL REVIEW.—A lease or permit issued 12
	86	+	under paragraph (1) is not subject to judicial review. 13
55	87		(d) S
56		-	ECRETARYDEFINED.—For the purposes of this 13
57		-	section, the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means— 14
58		-	(1) the Secretary of the Interior; or 15
59		-	(2) when used with respect to any unit of the 16
60		-	National Forest System, the Secretary of Agri-17
61		-	culture. 18
62		-	Passed the House of Representatives April 30, 2024.
63		-	Attest:
64		-	Clerk. 118
	88	+	ECRETARYDEFINED.—For the purposes of this 14
	89	+	section, the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means— 15
	90	+	(1) the Secretary of the Interior; or 16
	91	+	(2) when used with respect to any unit of the 17
	92	+	National Forest System, the Secretary of Agriculture. 18
	93	+	VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:23 Feb 09, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H3195.RH H3195
	94	+	ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:23 Feb 09, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H3195.RH H3195
	95	+	ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS Union Calendar No.
	96	+	308
	97	+	118
65	98		TH
66	99		CONGRESS
67	100		2
68	101		D
69	102		S
70	103		ESSION
71	104
72	105		H. R. 3195
73		-	AN ACT
	106	+	[Report No. 118–377]
	107	+	A BILL
74	108		To rescind Public Land Order 7917, to reinstate
75	109		mineral leases and permits in the Superior Na-
76	110		tional Forest, to ensure timely review of Mine
77	111		Plans of Operations, and for other purposes.
	112	+	F
	113	+	EBRUARY
	114	+	9, 2024
	115	+	Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
	116	+	mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,
	117	+	and ordered to be printed
	118	+	VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:23 Feb 09, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\H3195.RH H3195
	119	+	ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS