3.0.0 2170 2023-03-08T20:12:14Z 2023-03-08T20:12:14Z Senate S 2021-06-22 117 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-06-22T19:39:24Z 2021-06-22 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2021-06-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO N Energy Energy 00 2021-06-22 Introduced in Senate 2022-05-13T13:06:35Z Public Engagement Opportunity on Public Land Exploration Act of 2021 or the PEOPLE Act of 2021

This bill expands requirements related to issuing oil and gas leases on federal land. Specifically, the bill expands requirements related to public notice and comment periods with respect to oil and gas lease sales, including by requiring information about the person or entities submitting bids for leases. The bill also requires the lease sales to be reviewed under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.

In addition, the Department of the Interior may only issue such leases to exploration and drilling operators if the operators sign post-lease surface use agreements with the surface estate owners. Under the agreements, operators must agree to reclaim the land and provide compensation for any damages resulting from the exploration and drilling operations.]]>

PEOPLE Act of 2021 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to provide for transparency and landowner protections in the conduct of lease sales under that Act, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title PEOPLE Act of 2021 Short Title(s) as Introduced PEOPLE Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Public Engagement Opportunity on Public Land Exploration Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s2170is/xml/BILLS-117s2170is.xml 2021-06-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.