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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 676 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To exempt Federal actions related to energy and mineral activities on certain |
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| 6 | 6 | | Federal lands from the requirements of the National Environmental |
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| 7 | 7 | | Policy Act of 1969. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | JANUARY23, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Ms. H |
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| 11 | 11 | | AGEMANintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 12 | 12 | | Committee on Natural Resources |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To exempt Federal actions related to energy and mineral |
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| 15 | 15 | | activities on certain Federal lands from the requirements |
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| 16 | 16 | | of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. NEPA EXEMPTION FOR FEDERAL ACTIONS RE-3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | LATED TO ENERGY AND MINERAL ACTIVITIES 4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | ON CERTAIN FEDERAL LANDS. 5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the fol-6 |
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| 23 | 23 | | lowing shall not be considered a major Federal action 7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | under section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental 8 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)): 9 |
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| 27 | 27 | | kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •HR 676 IH |
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| 29 | 29 | | (1) Issuing, granting, or renewing a lease, ease-1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | ment, or right-of-way under the Mineral Leasing Act 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) for the exploration, develop-3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | ment, or production of oil, gas, or coal. 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2) Issuing, granting, or renewing a permit or 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | other authorization under the Mining Law of 1872 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (30 U.S.C. 22 et seq.) for the exploration, location, 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | development, or extraction of a critical mineral on 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | land that is open to mineral entry. 9 |
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