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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 3289 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To ratify and approve all authorizations, permits, verifications, extensions, |
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| 6 | 6 | | biological opinions, incidental take statements, and any other approvals |
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| 7 | 7 | | or orders issued pursuant to Federal law necessary for the establishment |
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| 8 | 8 | | and administration of the Coastal Plain oil and gas leasing program, |
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| 9 | 9 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 11 | 11 | | NOVEMBER9, 2023 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Mr. S |
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| 13 | 13 | | ULLIVAN(for himself and Ms. MURKOWSKI) introduced the following |
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| 14 | 14 | | bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and |
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| 15 | 15 | | Natural Resources |
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| 16 | 16 | | A BILL |
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| 17 | 17 | | To ratify and approve all authorizations, permits, |
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| 18 | 18 | | verifications, extensions, biological opinions, incidental |
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| 19 | 19 | | take statements, and any other approvals or orders |
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| 20 | 20 | | issued pursuant to Federal law necessary for the estab- |
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| 21 | 21 | | lishment and administration of the Coastal Plain oil and |
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| 22 | 22 | | gas leasing program, and for other purposes. |
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| 23 | 23 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Alaska’s Right to 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Produce Act of 2023’’. 5 |
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| 31 | 31 | | SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS. 1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Congress finds that— 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (1) Congress provided clear authorization and 3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | direction that the Secretary of the Interior ‘‘shall es-4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | tablish and administer a competitive oil and gas pro-5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | gram for the leasing, development, production, and 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | transportation of oil and gas in and from the Coast-7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | al Plain’’ in section 20001 of Public Law 115–97 8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (16 U.S.C. 3143 note) (commonly known as the Tax 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | Cuts and Jobs Act); 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (2) the timely administration of the Coastal 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program is required and 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | in the national and public interest; 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (3) the Department of the Interior’s cancelling 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | of the leases for the covered Coastal Plain lease 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | tracts represents a major decision of economic and 16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | political significance that Congress did not delegate 17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | to the Secretary; 18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (4) the Naval Petroleum Reserves Production 19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.) requires that 20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | the Bureau of Land Management— 21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (A) allow for the exploration, development, 22 |
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| 53 | 53 | | and production of petroleum products in the 23 |
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| 54 | 54 | | National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska; and 24 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (B) equally balance, to the extent con-25 |
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| 56 | 56 | | sistent with that Act, the protection of ecologi-26 |
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| 60 | 60 | | cal and cultural values in the National Petro-1 |
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| 61 | 61 | | leum Reserve in Alaska; and 2 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (5) the proposed rule of the Bureau of Land 3 |
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| 63 | 63 | | Management entitled ‘‘Management and Protection 4 |
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| 64 | 64 | | of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska’’ (88 5 |
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| 65 | 65 | | Fed. Reg. 62025 (September 8, 2023)) fails to re-6 |
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| 66 | 66 | | flect the intent of Congress for the Naval Petroleum 7 |
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| 67 | 67 | | Reserves Production Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6501 8 |
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| 68 | 68 | | et seq.). 9 |
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| 69 | 69 | | SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 10 |
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| 70 | 70 | | In this Act: 11 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (1) C |
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| 72 | 72 | | OASTAL PLAIN.—The term ‘‘Coastal 12 |
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| 73 | 73 | | Plain’’ has the meaning given the term in section 13 |
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| 74 | 74 | | 20001(a) of Public Law 115–97 (16 U.S.C. 3143 14 |
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| 75 | 75 | | note). 15 |
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| 76 | 76 | | (2) C |
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| 77 | 77 | | OASTAL PLAIN OIL AND GAS LEASING PRO -16 |
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| 78 | 78 | | GRAM.—The term ‘‘Coastal Plain oil and gas leasing 17 |
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| 79 | 79 | | program’’ means the program established under sec-18 |
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| 80 | 80 | | tion 20001(b)(2)(A) of Public Law 115–97 (16 19 |
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| 81 | 81 | | U.S.C. 3143 note). 20 |
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| 82 | 82 | | (3) C |
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| 83 | 83 | | OVERED COASTAL PLAIN LEASE TRACT .— 21 |
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| 84 | 84 | | The term ‘‘covered Coastal Plain lease tract’’ means 22 |
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| 85 | 85 | | any of tracts 16, 17, 24, 26, 27, and 30 as listed 23 |
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| 86 | 86 | | in exhibit B of the document published by the Bu-24 |
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| 87 | 87 | | reau of Land Management entitled ‘‘Amendment to 25 |
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| 91 | 91 | | the Detailed Statement of Sale’’ and dated Decem-1 |
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| 92 | 92 | | ber 18, 2020 (relating to oil and gas leasing within 2 |
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| 93 | 93 | | the Coastal Plain Alaska). 3 |
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| 94 | 94 | | (4) R |
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| 95 | 95 | | ECORD OF DECISION.—The term ‘‘Record 4 |
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| 96 | 96 | | of Decision’’ means the record of decision described 5 |
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| 97 | 97 | | in the notice of availability of the Bureau of Land 6 |
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| 98 | 98 | | Management entitled ‘‘Notice of Availability of the 7 |
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| 99 | 99 | | Record of Decision for the Final Environmental Im-8 |
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| 100 | 100 | | pact Statement for the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas 9 |
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| 101 | 101 | | Leasing Program, Alaska’’ (85 Fed. Reg. 51754 10 |
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| 102 | 102 | | (August 21, 2020)). 11 |
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| 103 | 103 | | (5) S |
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| 104 | 104 | | ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 12 |
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| 105 | 105 | | the Secretary of the Interior. 13 |
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| 106 | 106 | | SEC. 4. CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OF ORDERS. 14 |
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| 107 | 107 | | (a) M |
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| 108 | 108 | | ORATORIUM ON OIL ANDGASLEASING.—Any 15 |
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| 109 | 109 | | order or action by the President or the Secretary that has 16 |
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| 110 | 110 | | the effect of placing a moratorium on or otherwise sus-17 |
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| 111 | 111 | | pending or pausing oil and gas leasing in the Coastal Plain 18 |
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| 112 | 112 | | shall have no force or effect. 19 |
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| 113 | 113 | | (b) A |
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| 114 | 114 | | PPROVAL AND RATIFICATION OF EXISTING 20 |
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| 115 | 115 | | D |
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| 116 | 116 | | OCUMENTATION AND AUTHORIZATIONS.—Notwith-21 |
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| 117 | 117 | | standing any other provision of law, Congress— 22 |
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| 118 | 118 | | (1) ratifies and approves all authorizations, per-23 |
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| 119 | 119 | | mits, verifications, extensions, biological opinions, in-24 |
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| 120 | 120 | | cidental take statements, and any other approvals or 25 |
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| 124 | 124 | | orders issued pursuant to Federal law, as described 1 |
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| 125 | 125 | | in the Record of Decision, necessary for the estab-2 |
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| 126 | 126 | | lishment and administration of the Coastal Plain Oil 3 |
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| 127 | 127 | | and Gas Leasing Program; and 4 |
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| 128 | 128 | | (2) directs the Secretary, the Administrator of 5 |
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| 129 | 129 | | the Environmental Protection Agency, and the heads 6 |
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| 130 | 130 | | of other as applicable Federal departments and 7 |
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| 131 | 131 | | agencies to process, reinstate, or continue to main-8 |
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| 132 | 132 | | tain such authorizations, permits, verifications, ex-9 |
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| 133 | 133 | | tensions, biological opinions, incidental take state-10 |
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| 134 | 134 | | ments, and any other approvals or orders described 11 |
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| 135 | 135 | | in paragraph (1). 12 |
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| 136 | 136 | | (c) A |
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| 137 | 137 | | PPLICABILITY OF OTHERLAW.—Notwith-13 |
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| 138 | 138 | | standing any other provision of law, the authorizations, 14 |
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| 139 | 139 | | permits, verifications, extensions, biological opinions, inci-15 |
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| 140 | 140 | | dental take statements, and any other approvals or orders 16 |
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| 141 | 141 | | described in subsection (b)(1) shall be considered to sat-17 |
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| 142 | 142 | | isfy the requirements of— 18 |
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| 143 | 143 | | (1) section 1002 of the Alaska National Inter-19 |
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| 144 | 144 | | est Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3142); 20 |
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| 145 | 145 | | (2) section 102(2)(c) of the National Environ-21 |
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| 146 | 146 | | mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(c)); 22 |
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| 147 | 147 | | (3) section 20001 of Public Law 115–97 (16 23 |
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| 148 | 148 | | U.S.C. 3143 note); 24 |
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| 152 | 152 | | (4) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 1 |
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| 153 | 153 | | U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); and 2 |
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| 154 | 154 | | (5) subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5, United 3 |
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| 155 | 155 | | States Code, and chapter 7 of title 5, United States 4 |
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| 156 | 156 | | Code. 5 |
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| 157 | 157 | | SEC. 5. COASTAL PLAIN OIL AND GAS LEASING PROGRAM. 6 |
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| 158 | 158 | | (a) R |
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| 159 | 159 | | EISSUANCE OFCANCELEDLEASES.— 7 |
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| 160 | 160 | | (1) A |
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| 161 | 161 | | CCEPTANCE OF BIDS.—Not later than 30 8 |
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| 162 | 162 | | days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 9 |
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| 163 | 163 | | Secretary shall, without modification or delay— 10 |
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| 164 | 164 | | (A) accept the highest valid bid for each 11 |
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| 165 | 165 | | covered Coastal Plain lease tract for which a 12 |
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| 166 | 166 | | valid bid was received on January 6, 2021, pur-13 |
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| 167 | 167 | | suant to the requirement to hold the first lease 14 |
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| 168 | 168 | | sale in the Coastal Plain oil and gas leasing 15 |
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| 169 | 169 | | program; and 16 |
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| 170 | 170 | | (B) provide the appropriate lease form to 17 |
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| 171 | 171 | | each winning bidder under subparagraph (A) to 18 |
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| 172 | 172 | | execute and return to the Secretary. 19 |
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| 173 | 173 | | (2) L |
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| 174 | 174 | | EASE ISSUANCE.—On receipt of an exe-20 |
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| 175 | 175 | | cuted lease form under paragraph (1)(B) and pay-21 |
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| 176 | 176 | | ment in accordance with that lease of the rental for 22 |
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| 177 | 177 | | the first year, the balance of the bonus bid (unless 23 |
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| 178 | 178 | | deferred), and any required bond or security from 24 |
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| 179 | 179 | | the high bidder, the Secretary shall promptly issue 25 |
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| 183 | 183 | | to the high bidder a fully executed lease, in accord-1 |
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| 184 | 184 | | ance with— 2 |
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| 185 | 185 | | (A) the applicable regulations, as in effect 3 |
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| 186 | 186 | | on January 6, 2021; and 4 |
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| 187 | 187 | | (B) the terms and conditions of the Record 5 |
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| 188 | 188 | | of Decision. 6 |
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| 189 | 189 | | (b) R |
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| 190 | 190 | | EQUIREMENT FOR FUTURELEASES.— 7 |
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| 191 | 191 | | (1) S |
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| 192 | 192 | | ECOND LEASE SALE.—Not later than De-8 |
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| 193 | 193 | | cember 22, 2024, the Secretary shall conduct the 9 |
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| 194 | 194 | | second lease sale required by section 10 |
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| 195 | 195 | | 20001(c)(1)(B)(ii)(II) of Public Law 115–97 (16 11 |
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| 196 | 196 | | U.S.C. 3143 note) in accordance with the Record of 12 |
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| 197 | 197 | | Decision. 13 |
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| 198 | 198 | | (2) E |
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| 199 | 199 | | XCEPTIONS FOR CANCELING A LEASE .— 14 |
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| 200 | 200 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 15 |
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| 201 | 201 | | President and the Secretary may not cancel a lease 16 |
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| 202 | 202 | | issued under the Coastal Plain oil and gas leasing 17 |
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| 203 | 203 | | program if the Secretary has previously opened bids 18 |
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| 204 | 204 | | for such a lease or disclosed the high bidder for any 19 |
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| 205 | 205 | | tract that was included in a lease sale under the 20 |
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| 206 | 206 | | Coastal Plain oil and gas leasing program unless the 21 |
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| 207 | 207 | | lessee is in violation of the terms of the lease and 22 |
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| 208 | 208 | | fails to cure the violation after a reasonable period 23 |
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| 209 | 209 | | of time. 24 |
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| 213 | 213 | | (c) APPLICABILITY OF PRIORRECORD OFDECI-1 |
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| 214 | 214 | | SION.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law and 2 |
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| 215 | 215 | | with respect to reissuing leases under subsection (a), the 3 |
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| 216 | 216 | | Record of Decision shall be considered to satisfy the re-4 |
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| 217 | 217 | | quirements of— 5 |
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| 218 | 218 | | (1) section 1002 of the Alaska National Inter-6 |
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| 219 | 219 | | est Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3142); 7 |
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| 220 | 220 | | (2) section 102(2)(c) of the National Environ-8 |
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| 221 | 221 | | mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(c)); 9 |
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| 222 | 222 | | (3) section 20001 of Public Law 115–97 (16 10 |
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| 223 | 223 | | U.S.C. 3143 note); 11 |
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| 224 | 224 | | (4) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Public 12 |
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| 225 | 225 | | Law 93–205; 16 U.S.C. 1533); and 13 |
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| 226 | 226 | | (5) subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5, United 14 |
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| 227 | 227 | | States Code, and chapter 7 of title 5, United States 15 |
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| 228 | 228 | | Code. 16 |
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| 229 | 229 | | (d) W |
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| 230 | 230 | | ITHDRAWAL OF SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRON-17 |
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| 231 | 231 | | MENTALIMPACTSTATEMENT.—The Director of the Bu-18 |
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| 232 | 232 | | reau of Land Management— 19 |
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| 233 | 233 | | (1) shall withdraw the notice of availability en-20 |
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| 234 | 234 | | titled ‘‘Notice of Availability of the Draft Coastal 21 |
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| 235 | 235 | | Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Supplemental 22 |
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| 236 | 236 | | Environmental Impact Statement’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 23 |
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| 237 | 237 | | 62104 (September 8, 2023)); and 24 |
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| 241 | 241 | | (2) may not take any action to finalize, imple-1 |
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| 242 | 242 | | ment, or enforce the supplemental environmental im-2 |
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| 243 | 243 | | pact statement described in paragraph (1). 3 |
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| 244 | 244 | | (e) J |
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| 245 | 245 | | UDICIALREVIEW.— 4 |
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| 246 | 246 | | (1) J |
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| 247 | 247 | | UDICIAL PRECLUSION .—Notwithstanding 5 |
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| 248 | 248 | | any other provision of law and except as provided in 6 |
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| 249 | 249 | | paragraph (2), no court shall have jurisdiction to re-7 |
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| 250 | 250 | | view any action taken by the Secretary, the Adminis-8 |
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| 251 | 251 | | trator of the Environmental Protection Agency, a 9 |
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| 252 | 252 | | State administrative agency, an Indian Tribe, or any 10 |
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| 253 | 253 | | other Federal agency acting pursuant to Federal law 11 |
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| 254 | 254 | | that grants an authorization, permit, verification, bi-12 |
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| 255 | 255 | | ological opinion, incidental take statement, or other 13 |
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| 256 | 256 | | approval described in section 4(b) for the Coastal 14 |
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| 257 | 257 | | Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program, whether issued 15 |
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| 258 | 258 | | prior to, on, or after the date of enactment of this 16 |
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| 259 | 259 | | Act, and including any lawsuit or any other action 17 |
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| 260 | 260 | | pending in a court as of the date of enactment of 18 |
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| 261 | 261 | | this Act. 19 |
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| 262 | 262 | | (2) F |
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| 263 | 263 | | ORUM EXCLUSIVITY.—The United States 20 |
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| 264 | 264 | | Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Cir-21 |
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| 265 | 265 | | cuit shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction 22 |
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| 266 | 266 | | over any claim regarding— 23 |
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| 267 | 267 | | (A) the validity of this section; or 24 |
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| 271 | 271 | | (B) the scope of authority conferred by 1 |
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| 272 | 272 | | this section. 2 |
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| 273 | 273 | | (3) R |
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| 274 | 274 | | IGHT TO PETITION.— 3 |
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| 275 | 275 | | (A) I |
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| 276 | 276 | | N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding para-4 |
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| 277 | 277 | | graph (1), a lease holder may obtain a review 5 |
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| 278 | 278 | | of an alleged failure by an agency to act in ac-6 |
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| 279 | 279 | | cordance with section 20001 of Public Law 7 |
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| 280 | 280 | | 115–97 (16 U.S.C. 3143 note) or with any law 8 |
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| 281 | 281 | | pertaining to the grant of an authorization, per-9 |
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| 282 | 282 | | mit, verification, biological opinion, incidental 10 |
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| 283 | 283 | | take statement, or other approval related to the 11 |
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| 284 | 284 | | lease holder’s lease by filing a written petition 12 |
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| 285 | 285 | | with a court of competent jurisdiction seeking 13 |
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| 286 | 286 | | an order under subparagraph (B). 14 |
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| 287 | 287 | | (B) D |
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| 288 | 288 | | EADLINES.—If a court of competent 15 |
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| 289 | 289 | | jurisdiction finds that an agency has failed to 16 |
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| 290 | 290 | | act in accordance with section 20001 of Public 17 |
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| 291 | 291 | | Law 115–97 (16 U.S.C. 3143 note) or with any 18 |
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| 292 | 292 | | law pertaining to the grant of an authorization, 19 |
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| 293 | 293 | | permit, verification, biological opinion, inci-20 |
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| 294 | 294 | | dental take statement, or other approval related 21 |
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| 295 | 295 | | to the lease holder’s lease, the court shall set a 22 |
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| 296 | 296 | | schedule and deadline for the agency to act as 23 |
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| 297 | 297 | | soon as practicable, which shall not exceed 90 24 |
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| 298 | 298 | | days from the date on which the order of the 25 |
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| 302 | 302 | | court is issued, unless the court determines a 1 |
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| 303 | 303 | | longer time period is necessary to comply with 2 |
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| 304 | 304 | | applicable law. 3 |
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| 305 | 305 | | SEC. 6. NULLIFICATION OF CERTAIN FEDERAL AGENCY AC-4 |
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| 306 | 306 | | TIONS. 5 |
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| 307 | 307 | | (a) NPRA R |
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| 308 | 308 | | ULE.—The Secretary, acting through the 6 |
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| 309 | 309 | | Director of the Bureau of Land Management— 7 |
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| 310 | 310 | | (1) shall withdraw the proposed rule of the Bu-8 |
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| 311 | 311 | | reau of Land Management entitled ‘‘Management 9 |
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| 312 | 312 | | and Protection of the National Petroleum Reserve in 10 |
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| 313 | 313 | | Alaska’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 62025 (September 8, 2023)); 11 |
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| 314 | 314 | | and 12 |
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| 315 | 315 | | (2) may not take any action to finalize, imple-13 |
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| 316 | 316 | | ment, administer, or enforce the proposed rule de-14 |
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| 317 | 317 | | scribed in paragraph (1) or any substantially similar 15 |
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| 318 | 318 | | rule. 16 |
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| 319 | 319 | | (b) E |
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| 320 | 320 | | XECUTIVEORDER13990.— 17 |
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| 321 | 321 | | (1) I |
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| 322 | 322 | | N GENERAL.—Section 4 of Executive 18 |
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| 323 | 323 | | Order 13990 (86 Fed. Reg. 7037; relating to pro-19 |
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| 324 | 324 | | tecting public health and the environment and re-20 |
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| 325 | 325 | | storing science to tackle the climate crisis) shall 21 |
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| 326 | 326 | | have no force or effect. 22 |
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| 327 | 327 | | (2) F |
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| 328 | 328 | | UNDING.—No Federal funds may be obli-23 |
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| 329 | 329 | | gated or expended to carry out section 4 of the Ex-24 |
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| 336 | 336 | | N GENERAL.—Secretarial Order 3401 (re-2 |
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