workings to evaluate the type, extent, quantity, 
or quality of mineral values present; 
(B) includes constructing drill roads and 
drill pads, drilling, trenching, excavating test 
pits, and conducting geotechnical tests and geo-
physical surveys; and 
(C) does not include activities where mate-
rial is extracted for commercial use or sale. 
(2) SECRETARY
CONCERNED.—The term ‘‘Sec-
retary concerned’’ means— 
(A) with respect to lands administered by 
the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of the 
Interior; and 
(B) with respect to National Forest System 
lands, the Secretary of Agriculture. 
SEC. 307. USE OF MINING CLAIMS FOR ANCILLARY ACTIVI-
TIES. 
Section 10101 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation 
Act of 1993 (30 U.S.C. 28f) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(e) SECURITY OF TENURE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A claimant shall have 
the right to use, occupy, and conduct operations 
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on public land, with or without the discovery of 
a valuable mineral deposit, if— 
‘‘(i) such claimant makes a timely 
payment of the location fee required by sec-
tion 10102 and the claim maintenance fee 
required by subsection (a); or 
‘‘(ii) in the case of a claimant who 
qualifies for a waiver under subsection (d), 
such claimant makes a timely payment of 
the location fee and complies with the re-
quired assessment work under the general 
mining laws. 
‘‘(B) OPERATIONS DEFINED.—For the pur-
poses of this paragraph, the term ‘operations’ 
means— 
‘‘(i) any activity or work carried out 
in connection with prospecting, exploration, 
processing, discovery and assessment, devel-
opment, or extraction with respect to a 
locatable mineral; 
‘‘(ii) the reclamation of any disturbed 
areas; and 
‘‘(iii) any other reasonably incident 
uses, whether on a mining claim or not, in-
cluding the construction and maintenance 
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of facilities, roads, transmission lines, pipe-
lines, and any other necessary infrastruc-
ture or means of access on public land for 
support facilities. 
‘‘(2) FULFILLMENT OF FEDERAL LAND POLICY 
AND MANAGEMENT ACT.—A claimant that fulfills the 
requirements of this section and section 10102 shall 
be deemed to satisfy the requirements of any provision 
of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act that 
requires the payment of fair market value to the 
United States for use of public lands and resources re-
lating to use of such lands and resources authorized 
by the general mining laws. 
‘‘(3) SAVINGS
CLAUSE.—Nothing in this sub-
section may be construed to diminish the rights of 
entry, use, and occupancy, or any other right, of a 
claimant under the general mining laws.’’. 
SEC. 308. ENSURING CONSIDERATION OF URANIUM AS A 
CRITICAL MINERAL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7002(a)(3)(B)(i) of the En-
ergy Act of 2020 (30 U.S.C. 1606(a)(3)(B)(i)) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(i) oil, oil shale, coal, or natural 
gas;’’. 
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(b) UPDATE.—Not later than 60 days after the date 
of the enactment of this section, the Secretary, acting 
through the Director of the United States Geological Survey, 
shall publish in the Federal Register an update to the final 
list established in section 7002(c)(3) of the Energy Act of 
2020 (30 U.S.C. 1606(c)(3)) in accordance with subsection 
(a) of this section. 
SEC. 309. BARRING FOREIGN BAD ACTORS FROM OPER-
ATING ON FEDERAL LANDS. 
A mining claimant shall be barred from the right to 
use, occupy, and conduct operations on Federal land if the 
Secretary of the Interior finds the claimant has a foreign 
parent company that has (including through a sub-
sidiary)— 
(1) a known record of human rights violations; 
or 
(2) knowingly operated an illegal mine in an-
other country. 
TITLE IV—FEDERAL LAND USE 
PLANNING 
SEC. 401. FEDERAL LAND USE PLANNING AND WITH-
DRAWALS. 
(a) RESOURCE ASSESSMENTS REQUIRED.—Federal 
lands and waters may not be withdrawn from entry under 
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the mining laws or operation of the mineral leasing and 
mineral materials laws unless— 
(1) a quantitative and qualitative geophysical 
and geological mineral resource assessment of the im-
pacted area has been completed during the 10-year 
period ending on the date of such withdrawal; 
(2) the Secretary, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Commerce, the Secretary of Energy, and the 
Secretary of Defense, conducts an assessment of the 
economic, energy, strategic, and national security 
value of mineral deposits identified in such mineral 
resource assessment; 
(3) the Secretary conducts an assessment of the 
reduction in future Federal revenues to the Treasury, 
States, the Land and Water Conservation Fund, the 
Historic Preservation Fund, and the National Parks 
and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund resulting 
from the proposed mineral withdrawal; 
(4) the Secretary, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Defense, conducts an assessment of military 
readiness and training activities in the proposed 
withdrawal area; and 
(5) the Secretary submits a report to the Com-
mittees on Natural Resources, Agriculture, Energy 
and Commerce, and Foreign Affairs of the House of 
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Representatives and the Committees on Energy and 
Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Foreign Affairs 
of the Senate, that includes the results of the assess-
ments completed pursuant to this subsection. 
(b) LAND USE PLANS.—Before a resource management 
plan under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) or a forest management 
plan under the National Forest Management Act is updated 
or completed, the Secretary or Secretary of Agriculture, as 
applicable, in consultation with the Director of the United 
States Geological Survey, shall— 
(1) review any quantitative and qualitative min-
eral resource assessment that was completed or up-
dated during the 10-year period ending on the date 
that the applicable land management agency pub-
lishes a notice to prepare, revise, or amend a land use 
plan by the Director of the United States Geological 
Survey for the geographic area affected by the appli-
cable management plan; 
(2) the Secretary, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Commerce, the Secretary of Energy, and the 
Secretary of Defense, conducts an assessment of the 
economic, energy, strategic, and national security 
value of mineral deposits identified in such mineral 
resource assessment; and 
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(3) submit a report to the Committees on Nat-
ural Resources, Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, 
and Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 
and the Committees on Energy and Natural Re-
sources, Agriculture, and Foreign Affairs of the Sen-
ate, that includes the results of the assessment com-
pleted pursuant to this subsection. 
(c) NEW INFORMATION.—The Secretary shall provide 
recommendations to the President on appropriate measures 
to reduce unnecessary impacts that a withdrawal of Federal 
lands or waters from entry under the mining laws or oper-
ation of the mineral leasing and mineral materials laws 
may have on mineral exploration, development, and other 
mineral activities (including authorizing exploration and 
development of such mineral deposits) not later than 180 
days after the Secretary has notice that a resource assess-
ment completed by the Director of the United States Geo-
logical Survey, in coordination with the State geological 
surveys, determines that a previously undiscovered mineral 
deposit may be present in an area that has been withdrawn 
from entry under the mining laws or operation of the min-
eral leasing and mineral materials laws pursuant to— 
(1) section 204 of the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1714), or 
(2) chapter 3203 of title 54, United States Code. 
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SEC. 402. PROHIBITIONS ON DELAY OF MINERAL DEVELOP-
MENT OF CERTAIN FEDERAL LAND. 
(a) PROHIBITIONS.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, the President shall not carry out any action 
that would pause, restrict, or delay the process for or 
issuance of any of the following on Federal land, unless such 
lands are withdrawn from disposition under the mineral 
leasing laws, including by administrative withdrawal: 
(1) New oil and gas lease sales, oil and gas 
leases, drill permits, or associated approvals or au-
thorizations of any kind associated with oil and gas 
leases. 
(2) New coal leases (including leases by applica-
tion in process, renewals, modifications, or expan-
sions of existing leases), permits, approvals, or au-
thorizations. 
(3) New leases, claims, permits, approvals, or 
authorizations for development or exploration of min-
erals. 
(b) PROHIBITION ON RESCISSION OF LEASES, PER-
MITS, OR CLAIMS.—The President, the Secretary, or Sec-
retary of Agriculture as applicable, may not rescind any 
existing lease, permit, or claim for the extraction and pro-
duction of any mineral under the mining laws or mineral 
leasing and mineral materials laws on National Forest Sys-
tem land or land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of 
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Land Management, unless specifically authorized by Fed-
eral statute, or upon the lessee, permittee, or claimant’s fail-
ure to comply with any of the provisions of the applicable 
lease, permit, or claim. 
(c) MINERAL DEFINED.—In subsection (a)(3), the term 
‘‘mineral’’ means any mineral of a kind that is locatable 
(including such minerals located on ‘‘lands acquired by the 
United States’’, as such term is defined in section 2 of the 
Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands) under the Act of 
May 10, 1872 (Chapter 152; 17 Stat. 91). 
SEC. 403. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 
means— 
(A) National Forest System land; 
(B) public lands (as defined in section 103 
of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702)); 
(C) the outer Continental Shelf (as defined 
in section 2 of the Outer Continental Shelf 
Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331)); and 
(D) land managed by the Secretary of En-
ergy. 
(2) PRESIDENT.—The term ‘‘President’’ means— 
(A) the President; and 
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(B) any designee of the President, includ-
ing— 
(i) the Secretary of Agriculture; 
(ii) the Secretary of Commerce; 
(iii) the Secretary of Energy; and 
(iv) the Secretary of the Interior. 
(3) PREVIOUSLY UNDISCOVERED DEPOSIT.—The 
term ‘‘previously undiscovered mineral deposit’’ 
means— 
(A) a mineral deposit that has been pre-
viously evaluated by the United States Geological 
Survey and found to be of low mineral potential, 
but upon subsequent evaluation is determined by 
the United States Geological Survey to have sig-
nificant mineral potential, or 
(B) a mineral deposit that has not pre-
viously been evaluated by the United States Geo-
logical Survey. 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
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TITLE V—ENSURING COMPETI-
TIVENESS 
ON 
FEDERAL 
LANDS 
SEC. 501. INCENTIVIZING DOMESTIC PRODUCTION. 
(a) OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS ROYALTY RATE.—Sec-
tion 8(a)(1) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 
U.S.C. 1337(a)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘not less 
than 162⁄3 percent, but not more than 183⁄4 percent, 
during the 10-year period beginning on the date of 
enactment of the Act titled ‘An Act to provide for rec-
onciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14’, 
and not less than 162⁄3 percent thereafter,’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘not less than 12.5 percent’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘not less 
than 162⁄3 percent, but not more than 183⁄4 percent, 
during the 10-year period beginning on the date of 
enactment of the Act titled ‘An Act to provide for rec-
onciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14’, 
and not less than 162⁄3 percent thereafter,’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘not less than 12.5 percent’’; 
(3) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘not less 
than 162⁄3 percent, but not more than 183⁄4 percent, 
during the 10-year period beginning on the date of 
enactment of the Act titled ‘An Act to provide for rec-
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onciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14’, 
and not less than 162⁄3 percent thereafter,’’ and in-
serting ‘‘not less than 12.5 percent’’; and 
(4) in subparagraph (H), by striking ‘‘not less 
than 162⁄3 percent, but not more than 183⁄4 percent, 
during the 10-year period beginning on the date of 
enactment of the Act titled ‘An Act to provide for rec-
onciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14’, 
and not less than 162⁄3 percent thereafter,’’ and in-
serting ‘‘not less than 12.5 percent’’. 
(b) MINERAL LEASING ACT.— 
(1) ONSHORE OIL AND GAS ROYALTY RATES.— 
(A) LEASE OF OIL AND GAS LAND.—Section 
17 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 226) 
is amended— 
(i) in subsection (b)(1)(A)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘not less than 
162⁄3’’ and inserting ‘‘not less than 
12.5’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘or, in the case of 
a lease issued during the 10-year pe-
riod beginning on the date of enact-
ment of the Act titled ‘An Act to pro-
vide for reconciliation pursuant to title 
II of S. Con. Res. 14’, 162⁄3 percent in 
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amount or value of the production re-
moved or sold from the lease’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘162⁄3 percent’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘12.5 per-
cent’’. 
(B) CONDITIONS
FOR
REINSTATEMENT.— 
Section 31(e)(3) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 
U.S.C. 188(e)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘20’’ 
inserting ‘‘162⁄3’’. 
(2) OIL AND GAS MINIMUM BID.—Section 17(b) 
of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 226(b)) is 
amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘$10 
per acre during the 10-year period beginning on 
the date of enactment of the Act titled ‘An Act 
to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II 
of S. Con. Res. 14’.’’ and inserting ‘‘$2 per acre 
for a period of 2 years from the date of the en-
actment of the Federal Onshore Oil and Gas 
Leasing Reform Act of 1987.’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking ‘‘$10 
per acre’’ and inserting ‘‘$2 per acre’’. 
(3) FOSSIL FUEL RENTAL RATES.—Section 17(d) 
of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 226(d)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘(d) All leases issued under this section, as amended 
by the Federal Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing Reform Act 
of 1987, shall be conditioned upon payment by the lessee 
of a rental of not less than $1.50 per acre per year for the 
first through fifth years of the lease and not less than $2 
per acre per year for each year thereafter. A minimum roy-
alty in lieu of rental of not less than the rental which other-
wise would be required for that lease year shall be payable 
at the expiration of each lease year beginning on or after 
a discovery of oil or gas in paying quantities on the lands 
leased.’’. 
(4) EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FEE.—Section 17 
of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 226) is further 
amended by repealing subsection (q). 
(5) ELIMINATION
OF
NONCOMPETITIVE
LEAS-
ING.—Section 17 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 
U.S.C. 226) is further amended— 
(A) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)(A)— 
(I) in the first sentence, by strik-
ing ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and inserting 
‘‘paragraphs (2) and (3)’’; and 
(II) by adding at the end ‘‘Lands 
for which no bids are received or for 
which the highest bid is less than the 
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national minimum acceptable bid shall 
be offered promptly within 30 days for 
leasing under subsection (c) of this sec-
tion and shall remain available for 
leasing for a period of 2 years after the 
competitive lease sale.’’; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3)(A) If the United States held a vested future 
interest in a mineral estate that, immediately prior 
to becoming a vested present interest, was subject to 
a lease under which oil or gas was being produced, 
or had a well capable of producing, in paying quan-
tities at an annual average production volume per 
well per day of either not more than 15 barrels per 
day of oil or condensate, or not more than 60,000 
cubic feet of gas, the holder of the lease may elect to 
continue the lease as a noncompetitive lease under 
subsection (c)(1). 
‘‘(B) An election under this paragraph is effec-
tive— 
‘‘(i) in the case of an interest which vested 
after January 1, 1990, and on or before October 
24, 1992, if the election is made before the date 
that is 1 year after October 24, 1992; 
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‘‘(ii) in the case of an interest which vests 
within 1 year after October 24, 1992, if the elec-
tion is made before the date that is 2 years after 
October 24, 1992; and 
‘‘(iii) in any case other than those described 
in clause (i) or (ii), if the election is made prior 
to the interest becoming a vested present inter-
est.’’; 
(B) by striking subsection (c) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(c) LANDS SUBJECT
TO LEASING UNDER SUB-
SECTION (B); FIRST QUALIFIED APPLICANT.— 
‘‘(1) If the lands to be leased are not leased 
under subsection (b)(1) of this section or are not sub-
ject to competitive leasing under subsection (b)(2) of 
this section, the person first making application for 
the lease who is qualified to hold a lease under this 
chapter shall be entitled to a lease of such lands with-
out competitive bidding, upon payment of a non-re-
fundable application fee of at least $75. A lease under 
this subsection shall be conditioned upon the payment 
of a royalty at a rate of 12.5 percent in amount or 
value of the production removed or sold from the 
lease. Leases shall be issued within 60 days of the 
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date on which the Secretary identifies the first re-
sponsible qualified applicant. 
‘‘(2)(A) Lands (i) which were posted for sale 
under subsection (b)(1) of this section but for which 
no bids were received or for which the highest bid was 
less than the national minimum acceptable bid and 
(ii) for which, at the end of the period referred to in 
subsection (b)(1) of this section no lease has been 
issued and no lease application is pending under 
paragraph (1) of this subsection, shall again be avail-
able for leasing only in accordance with subsection 
(b)(1) of this section. 
‘‘(B) The land in any lease which is issued 
under paragraph (1) of this subsection or under sub-
section (b)(1) of this section which lease terminates, 
expires, is cancelled or is relinquished shall again be 
available for leasing only in accordance with sub-
section (b)(1) of this section.’’; and 
(C) by striking subsection (e) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(e) PRIMARY TERM.—Competitive and noncompeti-
tive leases issued under this section shall be for a primary 
term of 10 years: Provided, however, That competitive leases 
issued in special tar sand areas shall also be for a primary 
term of 10 years. Each such lease shall continue so long 
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after its primary term as oil or gas is produced in paying 
quantities. Any lease issued under this section for land on 
which, or for which under an approved cooperative or unit 
plan of development or operation, actual drilling operations 
were commenced prior to the end of its primary term and 
are being diligently prosecuted at that time shall be ex-
tended for two years and so long thereafter as oil or gas 
is produced in paying quantities.’’. 
(6) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 31 of 
the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 188) is amend-
ed— 
(A) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 17(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (b) or (c) 
of section 17 of this Act’’; 
(B) in subsection (e)— 
(i) in paragraph (2)— 
(I) insert ‘‘either’’ after ‘‘rentals 
and’’; and 
(II) insert ‘‘or the inclusion in a 
reinstated lease issued pursuant to the 
provisions of section 17(c) of this Act 
of a requirement that future rentals 
shall be at a rate not less than $5 per 
acre per year, all’’ before ‘‘as deter-
mined by the Secretary’’; and 
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(ii) by amending paragraph (3) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(3)(A) payment of back royalties and the inclu-
sion in a reinstated lease issued pursuant to the pro-
visions of section 17(b) of this Act of a requirement 
for future royalties at a rate of not less than 162⁄3 
percent computed on a sliding scale based upon the 
average production per well per day, at a rate which 
shall be not less than 4 percentage points greater than 
the competitive royalty schedule then in force and 
used for royalty determination for competitive leases 
issued pursuant to such section as determined by the 
Secretary: Provided, That royalty on such reinstated 
lease shall be paid on all production removed or sold 
from such lease subsequent to the termination of the 
original lease; 
‘‘(B) payment of back royalties and inclusion in 
a reinstated lease issued pursuant to the provisions of 
section 17(c) of this Act of a requirement for future 
royalties at a rate not less than 162⁄3 percent: Pro-
vided, That royalty on such reinstated lease shall be 
paid on all production removed or sold from such 
lease subsequent to the cancellation or termination of 
the original lease; and’’. 
(C) in subsection (f)— 
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(i) in paragraph (1), strike ‘‘in the 
same manner as the original lease issued 
pursuant to section 17’’ and insert ‘‘as a 
competitive or a noncompetitive oil and gas 
lease in the same manner as the original 
lease issued pursuant to subsection (b) or 
(c) of section 17 of this Act’’; 
(ii) by redesignating paragraphs (2) 
and (3) as paragraph (3) and (4), respec-
tively; and 
(iii) by inserting after paragraph (1) 
the following: 
‘‘(2) Except as otherwise provided in this section, 
the issuance of a lease in lieu of an abandoned pat-
ented oil placer mining claim shall be treated as a 
noncompetitive oil and gas lease issued pursuant to 
section 17(c) of this Act.’’; 
(D) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (d) and 
(f)’’; 
(E) by amending subsection (h) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(h) ROYALTY REDUCTIONS.— 
‘‘(1) In acting on a petition to issue a non-
competitive oil and gas lease, under subsection (f) of 
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this section or in response to a request filed after 
issuance of such a lease, or both, the Secretary is au-
thorized to reduce the royalty on such lease if in his 
judgment it is equitable to do so or the circumstances 
warrant such relief due to uneconomic or other cir-
cumstances which could cause undue hardship or pre-
mature termination of production. 
‘‘(2) In acting on a petition for reinstatement 
pursuant to subsection (d) of this section or in re-
sponse to a request filed after reinstatement, or both, 
the Secretary is authorized to reduce the royalty in 
that reinstated lease on the entire leasehold or any 
tract or portion thereof segregated for royalty pur-
poses if, in his judgment, there are uneconomic or 
other circumstances which could cause undue hard-
ship or premature termination of production; or be-
cause of any written action of the United States, its 
agents or employees, which preceded, and was a 
major consideration in, the lessee’s expenditure of 
funds to develop the property under the lease after the 
rent had become due and had not been paid; or if in 
the judgment of the Secretary it is equitable to do so 
for any reason.’’. 
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(F) by redesignating subsections (f) through 
(i) as subsections (g) through (j), respectively; 
and 
(G) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(f) ISSUANCE OF NONCOMPETITIVE OIL AND GAS 
LEASE; CONDITIONS.—Where an unpatented oil placer 
mining claim validly located prior to February 24, 1920, 
which has been or is currently producing or is capable of 
producing oil or gas, has been or is hereafter deemed conclu-
sively abandoned for failure to file timely the required in-
struments or copies of instruments required by section 1744 
of title 43, and it is shown to the satisfaction of the Sec-
retary that such failure was inadvertent, justifiable, or not 
due to lack of reasonable diligence on the part of the owner, 
the Secretary may issue, for the lands covered by the aban-
doned unpatented oil placer mining claim, a noncompeti-
tive oil and gas lease, consistent with the provisions of sec-
tion 17(e) of this Act, to be effective from the statutory date 
the claim was deemed conclusively abandoned. Issuance of 
such a lease shall be conditioned upon: 
‘‘(1) a petition for issuance of a noncompetitive 
oil and gas lease, together with the required rental 
and royalty, including back rental and royalty accru-
ing from the statutory date of abandonment of the oil 
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placer mining claim, being filed with the Secretary- 
(A) with respect to any claim deemed conclusively 
abandoned on or before January 12, 1983, on or be-
fore the one hundred and twentieth day after January 
12, 1983, or (B) with respect to any claim deemed 
conclusively abandoned after January 12, 1983, on or 
before the one hundred and twentieth day after final 
notification by the Secretary or a court of competent 
jurisdiction of the determination of the abandonment 
of the oil placer mining claim; 
‘‘(2) a valid lease not having been issued affect-
ing any of the lands covered by the abandoned oil 
placer mining claim prior to the filing of such peti-
tion: Provided, however, That after the filing of a pe-
tition for issuance of a lease under this subsection, the 
Secretary shall not issue any new lease affecting any 
of the lands covered by such abandoned oil placer 
mining claim for a reasonable period, as determined 
in accordance with regulations issued by him; 
‘‘(3) a requirement in the lease for payment of 
rental, including back rentals accruing from the stat-
utory date of abandonment of the oil placer mining 
claim, of not less than $5 per acre per year; 
‘‘(4) a requirement in the lease for payment of 
royalty on production removed or sold from the oil 
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placer mining claim, including all royalty on produc-
tion made subsequent to the statutory date the claim 
was deemed conclusively abandoned, of not less than 
121⁄2 percent; and 
‘‘(5) compliance with the notice and reimburse-
ment of costs provisions of paragraph (4) of sub-
section (e) but addressed to the petition covering the 
conversion of an abandoned unpatented oil placer 
mining claim to a noncompetitive oil and gas lease.’’. 
TITLE VI—ENERGY REVENUE 
SHARING 
SEC. 601. GULF OF MEXICO OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF 
REVENUE. 
(a) DISTRIBUTION OF OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF 
REVENUE TO GULF PRODUCING STATES.—Section 105 of 
the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 
1331 note) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘50’’ and 
inserting ‘‘37.5’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘50’’ and inserting 
‘‘62.5’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘75’’ and inserting ‘‘80’’; and 
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(iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘25’’ and inserting ‘‘20’’; and 
(2) by striking subsection (f) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(f) TREATMENT OF AMOUNTS.—Amounts disbursed to 
a Gulf producing State under this section shall be treated 
as revenue sharing and not as a Federal award or grant 
for the purposes of part 200 of title 2, Code of Federal Regu-
lations.’’. 
(b) EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN PAYMENTS FROM SE-
QUESTRATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 255(g)(1)(A) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 905(g)(1)(A)) is amended by insert-
ing after ‘‘Payments to Social Security Trust Funds 
(28–0404–0–1–651).’’ the following: 
‘‘Payments 
to 
States 
pursuant 
to 
section 
105(a)(2)(A) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security 
Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–432; 43 U.S.C. 1331 
note) (014–5535–0–2–302).’’. 
(2) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by 
this subsection shall apply to any sequestration order 
issued under the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900 et seq.) on 
or after the date of enactment of this Act. 
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SEC. 602. PARITY IN OFFSHORE WIND REVENUE SHARING. 
(a) PAYMENTS AND REVENUES.—Section 8(p)(2) of the 
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337(p)(2)) 
is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘(A) The 
Secretary’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graphs (B) and (C), the Secretary’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘(B) The 
Secretary’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) DISPOSITION
OF
REVENUES
FOR 
PROJECTS LOCATED WITHIN 3 NAUTICAL MILES 
SEAWARD
OF
STATE
SUBMERGED
LAND.—The 
Secretary’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) DISPOSITION OF REVENUES FOR OFF-
SHORE WIND PROJECTS IN CERTAIN AREAS.— 
‘‘(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(I) COVERED
OFFSHORE
WIND 
PROJECT.—The term ‘covered offshore 
wind project’ means a wind powered 
electric generation project in a wind 
energy area on the outer Continental 
Shelf that is not wholly or partially lo-
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cated within an area subject to sub-
paragraph (B). 
‘‘(II) ELIGIBLE STATE.—The term 
‘eligible State’ means a State a point 
on the coastline of which is located 
within 75 miles of the geographic cen-
ter of a covered offshore wind project. 
‘‘(III) QUALIFIED OUTER CONTI-
NENTAL SHELF REVENUES.—The term 
‘qualified outer Continental Shelf reve-
nues’ means all royalties, fees, rentals, 
bonuses, or other payments from cov-
ered offshore wind projects carried out 
pursuant to this subsection on or after 
the date of enactment of this subpara-
graph. 
‘‘(ii) REQUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary 
of the Treasury shall deposit— 
‘‘(aa) 12.5 percent of quali-
fied outer Continental Shelf reve-
nues in the general fund of the 
Treasury; 
‘‘(bb) 37.5 percent of quali-
fied outer Continental Shelf reve-
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nues in the North American Wet-
lands Conservation Fund; and 
‘‘(cc) 50 percent of qualified 
outer Continental Shelf revenues 
in a special account in the Treas-
ury from which the Secretary 
shall disburse to each eligible 
State an amount determined pur-
suant to subclause (II). 
‘‘(II) ALLOCATION.— 
‘‘(aa) IN GENERAL.—Subject 
to item (bb), for each fiscal year 
beginning after the date of enact-
ment of this subparagraph, the 
amount made available under 
subclause (I)(cc) shall be allocated 
to each eligible State in amounts 
(based on a formula established by 
the Secretary by regulation) that 
are inversely proportional to the 
respective distances between the 
point on the coastline of each eli-
gible State that is closest to the 
geographic center of the applicable 
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leased tract and the geographic 
center of the leased tract. 
‘‘(bb) 
MINIMUM
ALLOCA-
TION.—The amount allocated to 
an eligible State each fiscal year 
under item (aa) shall be at least 
10 percent of the amounts made 
available under subclause (I)(cc). 
‘‘(cc) PAYMENTS TO COASTAL 
POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS.— 
‘‘(AA) IN
GENERAL.— 
The Secretary shall pay 20 
percent of the allocable share 
of each eligible State, as de-
termined pursuant to item 
(aa), to the coastal political 
subdivisions of the eligible 
State. 
‘‘(BB) 
ALLOCATION.— 
The amount paid by the Sec-
retary to coastal political 
subdivisions under subitem 
(AA) shall be allocated to 
each coastal political subdivi-
sion in accordance with sub-
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paragraphs (B) and (C) of 
section 31(b)(4) of this Act. 
‘‘(iii) TIMING.—The amounts required 
to be deposited under subclause (I) of clause 
(ii) for the applicable fiscal year shall be 
made available in accordance with such 
subclause during the fiscal year imme-
diately following the applicable fiscal year. 
‘‘(iv) AUTHORIZED USES.— 
‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to 
subclause (II), each eligible State shall 
use all amounts received under clause 
(ii)(II) in accordance with all applica-
ble Federal and State laws, only for 1 
or more of the following purposes: 
‘‘(aa) Projects and activities 
for the purposes of coastal protec-
tion and resiliency, including con-
servation, coastal restoration, es-
tuary management, beach nour-
ishment, hurricane and flood pro-
tection, and infrastructure di-
rectly affected by coastal wetland 
losses. 
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‘‘(bb) Mitigation of damage 
to fish, wildlife, or natural re-
sources, including through fish-
eries science and research. 
‘‘(cc) Implementation of a 
federally approved marine, coast-
al, or comprehensive conservation 
management plan. 
‘‘(dd) Mitigation of the im-
pact of outer Continental Shelf 
activities through the funding of 
onshore infrastructure projects. 
‘‘(ee) 
Planning 
assistance 
and the administrative costs of 
complying with this section. 
‘‘(ff) Infrastructure improve-
ments at ports, including modi-
fications to Federal navigation 
channels, to support installation 
of offshore wind energy projects. 
‘‘(II) 
LIMITATION.—Of 
the 
amounts received by an eligible State 
under clause (ii)(II), not more than 3 
percent shall be used for the purposes 
described in subclause (I)(ee). 
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‘‘(v) 
ADMINISTRATION.—Subject 
to 
clause (vi)(III), amounts made available 
under items (aa) and (cc) of clause (ii)(I) 
shall— 
‘‘(I) be made available, without 
further appropriation, in accordance 
with this subparagraph; 
‘‘(II) remain available until ex-
pended; and 
‘‘(III) be in addition to any 
amount appropriated under any other 
Act. 
‘‘(vi) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 
180 days after the end of each fiscal 
year, the Governor of each eligible 
State that receives amounts under 
clause (ii)(II) for the applicable fiscal 
year shall submit to the Secretary a re-
port that describes the use of the 
amounts by the eligible State during 
the period covered by the report. 
‘‘(II) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—On 
receipt of a report submitted under 
subclause (I), the Secretary shall make 
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the report available to the public on 
the website of the Department of the 
Interior. 
‘‘(III) LIMITATION.—If the Gov-
ernor of an eligible State that receives 
amounts under clause (ii)(II) fails to 
submit the report required under sub-
clause (I) by the deadline specified in 
that subclause, any amounts that 
would otherwise be provided to the eli-
gible State under clause (ii)(II) for the 
succeeding fiscal year shall be depos-
ited in the Treasury. 
‘‘(vii) TREATMENT
OF
AMOUNTS.— 
Amounts disbursed to an eligible State 
under this subsection shall be treated as rev-
enue sharing and not as a Federal award or 
grant for the purposes of part 200 of title 
2, Code of Federal Regulations.’’. 
(b) WIND LEASE SALES FOR AREAS OF THE OUTER 
CONTINENTAL SHELF OFFSHORE OF TERRITORIES OF THE 
UNITED STATES.—Section 33 of the Outer Continental 
Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1356c) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
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‘‘(b) WIND LEASE SALE PROCEDURE.—Any wind 
lease granted pursuant to this section shall be considered 
a wind lease granted under section 8(p), including for pur-
poses of the disposition of revenues pursuant to subpara-
graphs (B) and (C) of section 8(p)(2).’’. 
(c) EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN PAYMENTS FROM SE-
QUESTRATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 255(g)(1)(A) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 905(g)(1)(A)) is amended by insert-
ing after ‘‘Payments to Social Security Trust Funds 
(28–0404–0–1–651).’’ the following: 
‘‘Payments to States pursuant to subparagraph 
(C)(ii)(I)(cc) of section 8(p)(2) of the Outer Conti-
nental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337(p)(2)).’’. 
(2) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by 
this subsection shall apply to any sequestration order 
issued under the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900 et seq.) on 
or after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 603. ELIMINATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE FEE UNDER 
THE MINERAL LEASING ACT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 35 of the Mineral Leasing 
Act (30 U.S.C. 191) is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (a), in the first sentence, by 
striking ‘‘and, subject to the provisions of subsection 
(b),’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (b); 
(3) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 
subsections (b) and (c), respectively; 
(4) in paragraph (3)(B)(ii) of subsection (b) (as 
so redesignated), by striking ‘‘subsection (d)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘subsection (c)’’; and 
(5) in paragraph (3)(A)(ii) of subsection (c) (as 
so redesignated), by striking ‘‘subsection (c)(2)(B)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)(2)(B)’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 6(a) of the Mineral Leasing Act for 
Acquired Lands (30 U.S.C. 355(a)) is amended— 
(A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘Sub-
ject to the provisions of section 35(b) of the Min-
eral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191(b)), all’’ and in-
serting ‘‘All’’; and 
(B) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘of 
the Act of February 25, 1920 (41 Stat. 450; 30 
U.S.C. 191),’’ and inserting ‘‘of the Mineral 
Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191)’’. 
(2) Section 20(a) of the Geothermal Steam Act 
of 1970 (30 U.S.C. 1019(a)) is amended, in the sec-
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ond sentence of the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘the provisions of subsection (b) of section 
35 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191(b)) and 
section 5(a)(2) of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
5(a)(2)’’. 
(3) Section 205(f) of the Federal Oil and Gas 
Royalty Management Act of 1982 (30 U.S.C. 1735(f)) 
is amended— 
(A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘this 
Section’’ and inserting ‘‘this section’’; and 
(B) by striking the fourth, fifth, and sixth 
sentences. 
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Union Calendar No. 18 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1335 
[Report No. 118–28, Part I] 
A BILL 
To restart onshore and offshore oil, gas, and coal 
leasing, streamline permitting for energy infra-
structure, ensure transparency in energy develop-
ment on Federal lands, and for other purposes. 
MARCH 23, 2023 
Reported with an amendment 
MARCH 23, 2023 
Committees on Agriculture and the Budget discharged; 
committed to the Committee of the Whole House on 
the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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