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2		-	Calendar No. 125
3	2		118THCONGRESS
4	3		1
5	4		STSESSION S. 535
6		-	[Report No. 118–53]
7	5		To streamline the oil and gas permitting process and to recognize fee owner-
8	6		ship for certain oil and gas drilling or spacing units, and for other
9	7		purposes.
10	8		IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
11	9		FEBRUARY27, 2023
12	10		Mr. H
13	11		OEVEN(for himself, Mr. BARRASSO, Mr. CRAMER, and Mr. DAINES) in-
14	12		troduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com-
15	13		mittee on Energy and Natural Resources
16		-	J
17		-	ULY11, 2023
18		-	Reported by Mr. M
19		-	ANCHIN, without amendment
20	14		A BILL
21	15		To streamline the oil and gas permitting process and to
22	16		recognize fee ownership for certain oil and gas drilling
23	17		or spacing units, and for other purposes.
24	18		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
25	19		tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
26	20		SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
27	21		This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Bureau of Land Man-4
28	22		agement Mineral Spacing Act’’. 5
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	23	+	SEC. 2. COMPLIANCE WITH BLM PERMITTING. 6
	24	+	(a) I
	25	+	NGENERAL.—Notwithstanding the Mineral 7
	26	+	Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), the Federal Oil and 8
	27	+	Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 (30 U.S.C. 1701 9
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31		-	•S 535 RS
32		-	SEC. 2. COMPLIANCE WITH BLM PERMITTING. 1
33		-	(a) I
34		-	NGENERAL.—Notwithstanding the Mineral 2
35		-	Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), the Federal Oil and 3
36		-	Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 (30 U.S.C. 1701 4
37		-	et seq.), or subpart 3162 of title 43, Code of Federal Reg-5
38		-	ulations (or successor regulations), but subject to any 6
39		-	State or Tribal requirements and subsection (c), the Sec-7
40		-	retary of the Interior shall not require a permit to drill 8
41		-	for an oil and gas lease under the Mineral Leasing Act 9
42		-	(30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) for an action occurring within an 10
43		-	oil and gas drilling or spacing unit if— 11
44		-	(1) less than 50 percent of the minerals within 12
45		-	the oil and gas drilling or spacing unit are minerals 13
46		-	owned by the Federal Government; and 14
47		-	(2) the Federal Government does not own or 15
48		-	lease the surface estate within the area directly im-16
49		-	pacted by the action. 17
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	31	+	et seq.), or subpart 3162 of title 43, Code of Federal Reg-1
	32	+	ulations (or successor regulations), but subject to any 2
	33	+	State or Tribal requirements and subsection (c), the Sec-3
	34	+	retary of the Interior shall not require a permit to drill 4
	35	+	for an oil and gas lease under the Mineral Leasing Act 5
	36	+	(30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) for an action occurring within an 6
	37	+	oil and gas drilling or spacing unit if— 7
	38	+	(1) less than 50 percent of the minerals within 8
	39	+	the oil and gas drilling or spacing unit are minerals 9
	40	+	owned by the Federal Government; and 10
	41	+	(2) the Federal Government does not own or 11
	42	+	lease the surface estate within the area directly im-12
	43	+	pacted by the action. 13
50	44		(b) N
51		-	OTIFICATION.—For each State permit to drill 18
52		-	or drilling plan that would impact or extract oil and gas 19
53		-	owned by the Federal Government— 20
54		-	(1) each lessee, or designee of a lessee, shall— 21
55		-	(A) notify the Secretary of the Interior of 22
56		-	the submission of a State application for a per-23
57		-	mit to drill or drilling plan on submission of the 24
58		-	application; and 25
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	45	+	OTIFICATION.—For each State permit to drill 14
	46	+	or drilling plan that would impact or extract oil and gas 15
	47	+	owned by the Federal Government— 16
	48	+	(1) each lessee, or designee of a lessee, shall— 17
	49	+	(A) notify the Secretary of the Interior of 18
	50	+	the submission of a State application for a per-19
	51	+	mit to drill or drilling plan on submission of the 20
	52	+	application; and 21
	53	+	(B) provide a copy of the application de-22
	54	+	scribed in subparagraph (A) to the Secretary of 23
	55	+	the Interior not later than 5 days after the date 24
	56	+	on which the permit or plan is submitted; and 25
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62		-	(B) provide a copy of the application de-1
63		-	scribed in subparagraph (A) to the Secretary of 2
64		-	the Interior not later than 5 days after the date 3
65		-	on which the permit or plan is submitted; and 4
66		-	(2) each lessee, designee of a lessee, or applica-5
67		-	ble State shall notify the Secretary of the Interior of 6
68		-	the approved State permit to drill or drilling plan 7
69		-	not later than 45 days after the date on which the 8
70		-	permit or plan is approved. 9
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	60	+	(2) each lessee, designee of a lessee, or applica-1
	61	+	ble State shall notify the Secretary of the Interior of 2
	62	+	the approved State permit to drill or drilling plan 3
	63	+	not later than 45 days after the date on which the 4
	64	+	permit or plan is approved. 5
71	65		(c) N
72		-	ONAPPLICABILITY TO INDIANLANDS.—Sub-10
73		-	section (a) shall not apply to Indian lands (as defined in 11
74		-	section 3 of the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management 12
75		-	Act of 1982 (30 U.S.C. 1702)). 13
	66	+	ONAPPLICABILITY TO INDIANLANDS.—Sub-6
	67	+	section (a) shall not apply to Indian lands (as defined in 7
	68	+	section 3 of the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management 8
	69	+	Act of 1982 (30 U.S.C. 1702)). 9
76	70		(d) E
77		-	FFECT.—Nothing in this section affects— 14
78		-	(1) other authorities of the Secretary of the In-15
79		-	terior under the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Man-16
80		-	agement Act of 1982 (30 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); or 17
81		-	(2) the amount of royalties due to the Federal 18
82		-	Government from the production of the Federal min-19
83		-	erals within the oil and gas drilling or spacing unit. 20
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86		-	125
87		-	118
88		-	TH
89		-	CONGRESS
90		-	1
91		-	ST
92		-	S
93		-	ESSION
94		-
95		-	S. 535
96		-	[Report No. 118–53]
97		-	A BILL
98		-	To streamline the oil and gas permitting process
99		-	and to recognize fee ownership for certain oil and
100		-	gas drilling or spacing units, and for other pur-
101		-	poses.
102		-	J
103		-	ULY
104		-	11, 2023
105		-	Reported without amendment
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	71	+	FFECT.—Nothing in this section affects— 10
	72	+	(1) other authorities of the Secretary of the In-11
	73	+	terior under the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Man-12
	74	+	agement Act of 1982 (30 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); or 13
	75	+	(2) the amount of royalties due to the Federal 14
	76	+	Government from the production of the Federal min-15
	77	+	erals within the oil and gas drilling or spacing unit. 16
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