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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>United States Exploration on Idle Tracts Act or the USE IT Act</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of the Interior to issue regulations to establish a specified graduated annual production incentive fee with respect to federal onshore and offshore lands subject to a lease for production of oil or natural gas under which production is not occurring.</p> <p>Amounts received for the fee shall be reserved for expenditures on inspection, enforcement, and permitting relating to oil and gas.</p> ]]></text>
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