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Union Calendar No. 308 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3195 
[Report No. 118–377] 
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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 10, 2023 
Mr. STAUBER (for himself, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. ZINKE, Mr. 
GIMENEZ, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Ms. BOEBERT, Mr. LAWLER, Mrs. LESKO, 
Mr. EMMER, Mr. DUARTE, Ms. HAGEMAN, and Mrs. FISCHBACH) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
Resources 
FEBRUARY 9, 2024 
Additional sponsor: Mr. FINSTAD 
FEBRUARY 9, 2024 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 10, 2023] 
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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. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Superior National For-
est 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 Bu-
reau 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is hereby rescinded.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 Oper-
ations within the Superior National Forest lands in the 
State of Minnesota— 
(1) with respect to such Mine Plans of Oper-
ations 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 begin-
ning on the date of the enactment of this section, not 
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Union Calendar No. 308 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3195 
[Report No. 118–377] 
A BILL 
To rescind Public Land Order 7917, to reinstate 
mineral leases and permits in the Superior Na-
tional Forest, to ensure timely review of Mine 
Plans of Operations, and for other purposes. 
FEBRUARY 9, 2024 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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