[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1094 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1094

   To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to establish procedures for the 
 reinstatement of leases terminated due to unforeseeable circumstances.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 20, 2005

   Mr. Enzi 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 establish procedures for the 
 reinstatement of leases terminated due to unforeseeable circumstances.

    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 Amendments of 
2005''.

SEC. 2. REINSTATEMENT OF LEASES.

    Section 31(d) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 188(d)) is 
amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
            ``(2) Requirement.--
                    ``(A) In general.--A lease shall not be reinstated 
                under paragraph (1) unless--
                            ``(i) for a lease canceled under subsection 
                        (b) during the period beginning on September 1, 
                        2001, and ending on the date that is 60 days 
                        after the date of enactment of the Mineral 
                        Leasing Act Amendments of 2005, a lessee files 
                        a petition for reinstatement of the lease 
                        (together with any required back rent or 
                        royalty payment accruing after the date of 
                        termination of the lease) not later than the 
                        later of--
                                    ``(I) the date that is 120 days 
                                after the date of enactment of the 
                                Mineral Leasing Act Amendments of 2005; 
                                or
                                    ``(II) the date that is 60 days 
                                after the date of receipt by the lessee 
                                of a notice of termination of the lease 
                                from the Secretary by certified mail; 
                                or
                            ``(ii) for a lease canceled under 
                        subsection (b) after the date that is 60 days 
                        after the date of enactment of the Mineral 
                        Leasing Act Amendments of 2005, a lessee files 
                        a petition for reinstatement of the lease 
                        (together with any required back rent or 
                        royalty payment accruing after the date of 
                        termination of the lease) on or before the date 
                        that is 60 days after the date of receipt by 
                        each lessee of record of the notice of 
                        termination of the lease from the Secretary by 
                        certified mail.
                    ``(B) Exception.--Subparagraph (A) shall not apply 
                to a lessee that received a notice of termination from 
                the Secretary on a date that is not later than 13 
                months after the date of termination of the lease.''
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