[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1808 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1808

   To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to encourage the development of 
             natural gas and oil resources on Federal land.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 12, 2001

  Mr. Thomas (for himself and Ms. Landrieu) 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 encourage the development of 
             natural gas and oil resources on Federal land.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Mineral Leasing Act Revision of 
2001''.

SEC. 2. DEVELOPMENT OF NATURAL GAS AND OIL RESOURCES.

    (a) In General.--Section 27(d) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 
U.S.C. 184(d)) is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence of paragraph (1), by inserting 
        ``producing acreage and'' after ``Provided, however, That''; 
        and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Definition of producing acreage.--In this subsection, 
        the term `producing acreage' means any lease--
                    ``(A) for which minimum royalty, royalty, royalty 
                in kind, or compensatory royalty has been--
                            ``(i) paid during the calendar year; or
                            ``(ii) waived by the Secretary of the 
                        Interior; or
                    ``(B) that has been committed to a federally 
                approved cooperative plan, unit plan, or 
                communitization agreement.''.
    (b) Application.--Section 27 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 
184) shall apply separately to land leased under the Mineral Leasing 
Act for Acquired Lands (30 U.S.C. 351 et seq.).
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