Federal Land Access Act

Bill: 114-s-1196
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2015-05-05
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Land use and conservation

Oil and gas

Parks, recreation areas, trails

Pipelines
Latest action: action_date: 2015-05-14
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-05-05
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Federal Land Access Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Mineral Leasing Act, with respect to rights-of-way for pipelines through federal lands, to redefine federal lands, for purposes of granting an application for a natural gas pipeline right-of-way, to mean all lands owned by the United States, except only those lands held in trust for an Indian or Indian tribe and lands on the outer Continental Shelf.</p> <p>The exception for the National Park System is repealed, thereby authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to grant natural gas pipeline rights-of-way on National Park System land.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1196 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 5, 2015 Mr. Cassidy (for himself, Mr. Inhofe , and Mrs. Capito ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to grant rights-of-way on Federal land.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Land Access Act . 2. Rights-of-way through National Park System land authorized Section 28(b)(1) of the Mineral Leasing Act ( 30 U.S.C. 185(b)(1) ) is amended— (1) in the first sentence, by striking (b) and all that follows through the purposes of this section and inserting the following: (b) Definitions In this section: (1) Federal lands (A) In general The term ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (2) Inclusion For purposes of granting an application for a natural gas pipeline right-of-way, the term Federal lands means all lands owned by the United States, except those lands held in trust for an Indian or Indian tribe and lands on the outer Continental Shelf. .