Title: To amend title 10, United States Code, to permit the Secretary of the Army to produce, treat, manage, and use natural gas located under Fort Knox, Kentucky, and for other purposes.
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
This bill authorizes the Department of the Army to produce, treat, manage, and use natural gas located under Fort Knox, Kentucky.
Natural gas produced may only be used to support activities and operations at Fort Knox, and may not be sold for use elsewhere.
The Army may also take ownership of any production and treatment equipment or facilities utilized by a contractor in accordance with the terms of an agreement for the production or use of natural gas.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5901 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5901

 To amend title 10, United States Code, to permit the Secretary of the 
Army to produce, treat, manage, and use natural gas located under Fort 
                Knox, Kentucky, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 21, 2018

 Mr. Guthrie introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 10, United States Code, to permit the Secretary of the 
Army to produce, treat, manage, and use natural gas located under Fort 
                Knox, Kentucky, 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. PRODUCTION AND USE OF NATURAL GAS AT FORT KNOX.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 449 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 4781. Natural gas: production, treatment, management, and use at 
              Fort Knox, Kentucky
    ``(a) Authority.--(1) The Secretary of the Army may provide for the 
production, treatment, management, and use of natural gas located under 
Fort Knox, Kentucky, without regard to section 3 of the Mineral Leasing 
Act for Acquired Lands (30 U.S.C. 352).
    ``(2) The Secretary is authorized to enter into a contract with an 
appropriate entity to carry out paragraph (1).
    ``(b) Limitation on Uses.--Any natural gas produced under 
subsection (a) may be used only to support activities and operations at 
Fort Knox and may not be sold for use elsewhere.
    ``(c) Ownership of Facilities.--The Secretary of the Army may take 
ownership of any gas production and treatment equipment and facilities 
and associated infrastructure from an entity with which the Secretary 
has entered into a contract under subsection (a) in accordance with the 
terms of the contract.
    ``(d) Applicability.--The authority of the Secretary of the Army 
under this section is effective as of August 2, 2007.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``4781. Natural gas: production, treatment, management, and use at Fort 
                            Knox, Kentucky.''.
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