Superior National Forest Restoration Act

Subjects: Public Lands and Natural Resources, Administrative law and regulatory procedures, Department of the Interior, Environmental assessment, monitoring, research, Environmental regulatory procedures, Forests, forestry, trees, Mining, Minnesota


<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3195 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3195

  To rescind Public Land Order 7917, to reinstate mineral leases and 
  permits in the Superior National Forest, to ensure timely review of 
           Mine Plans of Operations, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 10, 2023

   Mr. Stauber (for himself, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Zinke, Mr. 
Gimenez, Mr. Newhouse, Mrs. Boebert, Mr. Lawler, Mrs. Lesko, Mr. Emmer, 
 Mr. Duarte, Ms. Hageman, and Mrs. Fischbach) introduced the following 
     bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To rescind Public Land Order 7917, to reinstate mineral leases and 
  permits in the Superior National Forest, to ensure timely review of 
           Mine Plans of Operations, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Superior National Forest Restoration 
Act''.

SEC. 2. SUPERIOR NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LANDS IN MINNESOTA.

    (a) Rescission.--The order entitled ``Public Land Order No. 7917 
for Withdrawal of Federal Lands; Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis Counties, 
MN'', issued by the Bureau of Land Management and dated January 31, 
2023, is hereby rescinded.
    (b) Timely Review.--The Secretary shall complete all necessary 
environmental and regulatory review, including processes subject to the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), for 
all Mine Plans of Operations within the Superior National Forest lands 
in the State of Minnesota--
            (1) with respect to such Mine Plans of Operations submitted 
        before the date of the enactment of this section, not later 
        than 18 months after the date of enactment of this section; and
            (2) with respect to a Mine Plan of Operations submitted or 
        resubmitted in the 7 year period beginning on the date of the 
        enactment of this section, not later than 18 months after the 
        date on which such Mine Plan of Operations is submitted or 
        resubmitted.
    (c) Reissuance of Mineral Leases.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall issue each mineral 
        lease, preference right lease, and prospecting permit canceled 
        by the Secretary relating to lands within Superior National 
        Forest during the period beginning on January 31, 2021 and 
        ending on the date of the enactment of this section on the same 
        terms as were in effect on the date of such cancellations.
            (2) Judicial review.--A lease or permit issued under 
        paragraph (1) is not subject to judicial review.
    (d) Secretary Defined.--For the purposes of this section, the term 
``Secretary'' means--
            (1) the Secretary of the Interior; or
            (2) when used with respect to any unit of the National 
        Forest System, the Secretary of Agriculture.
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