[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6715 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6715

To open Federal Bureau of Land Management and National Forest lands to 
   leasing for exploration, development, and production of oil shale 
                   resources, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 31, 2008

Mrs. Bachmann introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To open Federal Bureau of Land Management and National Forest lands to 
   leasing for exploration, development, and production of oil shale 
                   resources, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Fast Track Shale Act''.

SEC. 2. OPENING OF LANDS TO OIL SHALE LEASING.

    (a) Repeal of Limitation on Use of Funds.--Section 433 of division 
F of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110-161; 121 
Stat. 2153) is repealed.
    (b) Issuance of Regulations.--The Secretary of the Interior shall 
issue all regulations necessary to implement section 369 of the Energy 
Policy Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-58; 42 U.S.C. 15927) with respect to 
oil shale by not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. Such regulations shall include such safeguards and assurances 
as the Secretary considers necessary to allow States to exercise their 
regulatory and statutory authorities under State law, consistent with 
otherwise applicable Federal law.
    (c) Leasing of Oil Shale Resource.--Immediately after issuing 
regulations under subsection (b), the Secretary of the Interior shall--
            (1) offer for leasing for research and development of oil 
        shale resources under subsection (c) of section 369 of the 
        Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-58; 42 U.S.C. 15927), 
        additional 160-acre tracts of lands the Secretary considers 
        necessary to fulfill the research and development objectives of 
        such Act; and
            (2) offer for leasing for commercial exploration, 
        development, and production of oil shale resources under 
        subsection (e) of such section, public lands in States for 
        which the Secretary finds sufficient support and interest as 
        required by that subsection.
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