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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. 
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) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
Resources 
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 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’’. 
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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is hereby rescinded.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, includ-
ing processes subject to the National Environmental Pol-
icy 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 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 later than 18 months after the date on which 
such Mine Plan of Operations is submitted or resub-
mitted. 
(c) REISSUANCE OF MINERAL LEASES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall issue 
each mineral lease, preference right lease, and 
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prospecting permit canceled by the Secretary relat-
ing to lands within Superior National Forest during 
the period beginning on January 31, 2021 and end-
ing 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 Agri-
culture. 
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