Us Congress 2023-2024 Regular Session

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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 98
5	5	To achieve domestic energy independence by empowering States to control
6	6	the development and production of all forms of energy on all available
7	7	Federal land.
8	8	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
9	9	JANUARY9, 2023
10	10	Mr. B
11	11	IGGSintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
12	12	on Natural Resources
13	13	A BILL
14	14	To achieve domestic energy independence by empowering
15	15	States to control the development and production of all
16	16	forms of energy on all available Federal land.
17	17	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
18	18	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
19	19	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
20	20	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Land Freedom 4
21	21	Act’’. 5
22	22	SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 6
23	23	In this Act: 7
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27	27	(1) AVAILABLE FEDERAL LAND .—The term 1
28	28	‘‘available Federal land’’ means any Federal land 2
29	29	that, as of May 31, 2013— 3
30	30	(A) is located within the boundaries of a 4
31	31	State; 5
32	32	(B) is not held by the United States in 6
33	33	trust for the benefit of a federally recognized 7
34	34	Indian tribe; 8
35	35	(C) is not a unit of the National Park Sys-9
36	36	tem; 10
37	37	(D) is not a unit of the National Wildlife 11
38	38	Refuge System; and 12
39	39	(E) is not a congressionally designated wil-13
40	40	derness area. 14
41	41	(2) S
42	42	TATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means— 15
43	43	(A) a State; and 16
44	44	(B) the District of Columbia. 17
45	45	(3) S
46	46	TATE LEASING, PERMITTING, AND REGU-18
47	47	LATORY PROGRAM .—The term ‘‘State leasing, per-19
48	48	mitting, and regulatory program’’ means a program 20
49	49	established pursuant to State law that regulates the 21
50	50	exploration and development of oil, natural gas, and 22
51	51	other forms of energy on land located in the State. 23
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55	55	SEC. 3. STATE CONTROL OF ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AND 1
56	56	PRODUCTION ON ALL AVAILABLE FEDERAL 2
57	57	LAND. 3
58	58	(a) S
59	59	TATELEASING, PERMITTING, ANDREGU-4
60	60	LATORYPROGRAMS.—Any State that has established a 5
61	61	State leasing, permitting, and regulatory program may— 6
62	62	(1) submit to the Secretaries of the Interior, 7
63	63	Agriculture, and Energy a declaration that a State 8
64	64	leasing, permitting, and regulatory program has 9
65	65	been established or amended; and 10
66	66	(2) seek to transfer responsibility for leasing, 11
67	67	permitting, and regulating oil, natural gas, and 12
68	68	other forms of energy development from the Federal 13
69	69	Government to the State. 14
70	70	(b) S
71	71	TATEACTIONAUTHORIZED.—Notwithstanding 15
72	72	any other provision of law, on submission of a declaration 16
73	73	under subsection (a)(1), the State submitting the declara-17
74	74	tion may lease, permit, and regulate the exploration and 18
75	75	development of oil, natural gas, and other forms of energy 19
76	76	on available Federal land located in the State in lieu of 20
77	77	the Federal Government. 21
78	78	(c) E
79	79	FFECT OFSTATEACTION.—Any action by a 22
80	80	State to lease, permit, or regulate the exploration and de-23
81	81	velopment of oil, natural gas, and other forms of energy 24
82	82	pursuant to subsection (b) shall not be subject to, or con-25
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86	86	sidered a Federal action, Federal permit, or Federal li-1
87	87	cense under— 2
88	88	(1) subchapter II of chapter 5, and chapter 7, 3
89	89	of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as 4
90	90	the ‘‘Administrative Procedure Act’’); 5
91	91	(2) division A of subtitle III of title 54, United 6
92	92	States Code; 7
93	93	(3) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 8
94	94	U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); or 9
95	95	(4) the National Environmental Policy Act of 10
96	96	1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 11
97	97	SEC. 4. NO EFFECT ON FEDERAL REVENUES. 12
98	98	(a) I
99	99	NGENERAL.—Any lease or permit issued by a 13
100	100	State pursuant to section 3 shall include provisions for 14
101	101	the collection of royalties or other revenues in an amount 15
102	102	equal to the amount of royalties or revenues that would 16
103	103	have been collected if the lease or permit had been issued 17
104	104	by the Federal Government. 18
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106	106	ISPOSITION OFREVENUES.—Any revenues col-19
107	107	lected by a State from leasing or permitting on available 20
108	108	Federal land pursuant to section 3 shall be deposited in 21
109	109	the same Federal account in which the revenues would 22
110	110	have been deposited if the lease or permit had been issued 23
111	111	by the Federal Government. 24
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115	115	(c) EFFECT ONSTATEPROCESSINGFEES.—Nothing 1
116	116	in this Act prohibits a State from collecting and retaining 2
117	117	a fee from an applicant to cover the administrative costs 3
118	118	of processing an application for a lease or permit. 4
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