Expressing disapproval of the withdrawal by the Secretary of the Interior of approximately 225,504 acres of National Forest System lands in Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis Counties, Minnesota, from disposition under the United States mineral and geothermal leasing laws.

Bill: 118-hconres-34
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Stauber, Pete [R-MN-8]
Introduced: 2023-04-25
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Department of the Interior

Forests, forestry, trees

Land transfers

Mining

Minnesota

Watersheds

Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Latest action: action_date: 2024-12-18
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 758.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-04-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This concurrent resolution expresses congressional disapproval of the Department of the Interior's withdrawal of approximately 225,504 acres in the Superior National Forest from disposition under the United States mineral and geothermal leasing laws. On January 26, 2023, Interior removed the land from being available for new mineral leasing, sale of mineral materials, and geothermal leasing for a 20-year period, subject to valid existing rights. The land is located in Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis Counties, Minnesota and the Rainy River watershed, which includes the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and the 1854 Ceded Territory of the Chippewa Bands.</p>

tv_txt: IV Union Calendar No. 758 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. CON. RES. 34 [Report No. 118–928] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 25, 2023 Mr. Stauber submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources December 18, 2024 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Expressing disapproval of the withdrawal by the Secretary of the Interior of approximately 225,504 acres of National Forest System lands in Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis Counties, Minnesota, from disposition under the United States mineral and geothermal leasing laws.

Whereas the Property Clause of the Constitution (article IV, section 3, clause 2) vests in Congress the power to make needful rules and regulations respecting the property belonging to the United States; Whereas section 204(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ( 43 U.S.C. 1714(c) ) provides that a withdrawal by the Secretary of the Interior of 5,000 acres or more shall terminate and become ineffective if the Congress has adopted a concurrent resolution stating that such House does not approve the withdrawal ; and Whereas, on January 31, 2023, the Secretary of the Interior issued Public Land Order No. 7917 (88 Fed. Reg. 6308) that withdrew approximately 225,504 acres of National Forest System land in Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis Counties, Minnesota, from disposition under the United States mineral and geothermal leasing laws: Now, therefore, be it

That Congress disapproves of the withdrawal by the Secretary of the Interior of approximately 225,504 acres of National Forest System lands in Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis Counties, Minnesota, from disposition under the United States mineral and geothermal leasing laws.

December 18, 2024 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

tv_txt: IV 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. CON. RES. 34 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 25, 2023 Mr. Stauber submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Expressing disapproval of the withdrawal by the Secretary of the Interior of approximately 225,504 acres of National Forest System lands in Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis Counties, Minnesota, from disposition under the United States mineral and geothermal leasing laws.

Whereas the Property Clause of the Constitution (article IV, section 3, clause 2) vests in Congress the power to make needful rules and regulations respecting the property belonging to the United States; Whereas section 204(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ( 43 U.S.C. 1714(c) ) provides that a withdrawal by the Secretary of the Interior of 5,000 acres or more shall terminate and become ineffective if the Congress has adopted a concurrent resolution stating that such House does not approve the withdrawal ; and Whereas, on January 31, 2023, the Secretary of the Interior issued Public Land Order No. 7917 (88 Fed. Reg. 6308) that withdrew approximately 225,504 acres of National Forest System land in Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis Counties, Minnesota, from disposition under the United States mineral and geothermal leasing laws: Now, therefore, be it

That Congress disapproves of the withdrawal by the Secretary of the Interior of approximately 225,504 acres of National Forest System lands in Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis Counties, Minnesota, from disposition under the United States mineral and geothermal leasing laws.