[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1170 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1170

  To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to provide for leasing of certain 
                    lands for oil and gas purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                June 29 (legislative day, June 22), 1993

 Mr. Campbell introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to provide for leasing of certain 
                    lands for oil and gas purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
    Section 1. Section 17 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 226) is 
amended by adding the following new subsection at the end thereof:
    ``(o)(1) Authority To Lease.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Energy, may lease for oil and gas exploration, development 
and production the public domain lands located in Garfield County, 
Colorado, reserved by Executive order of the President dated December 
6, 1916 (as amended by Executive order of the President dated June 12, 
1919), and by Executive order of the President dated September 27, 
1924, subject to valid existing rights, and pursuant to the 
requirements of this Act.
    ``(2) Management.--The Secretary of the Interior, through the 
Bureau of Land Management, shall hereafter manage the surface estate in 
the lands covered by this subsection, pursuant to the Federal Land 
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701, et seq.), and other 
laws applicable to the public lands.
    ``(3) Royalty.--A lease of lands by the Secretary of the Interior 
under this subsection shall be conditioned upon the payment of a 
royalty pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, except that the 
Secretary may establish a sliding scale royalty of not less than 12.5 
per centum and not more than 25 per centum in amount or value of the 
production removed or sold from the lease.
    ``(4) Existing Equipment.--The lease of lands by the Secretary 
under this subsection may include the transfer, at fair market value, 
of wells, gathering lines, and related equipment owned by the United 
States on the lands referenced in paragraph (1) and suitable for use in 
the exploration, development or production of hydrocarbons on such 
lands.''.

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