[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3881 Engrossed in House (EH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3881

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                                 AN ACT


 
To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to repeal provisions relating only to 
                     the Allegheny National Forest.

    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 ``Cooperative Management of Mineral 
Rights Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF PROVISIONS REGARDING THE ALLEGHENY NATIONAL FOREST.

    (a) Repeal.--Subsection (o) of section 17 of the Mineral Leasing 
Act (30 U.S.C. 226) and 2508 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (Public 
Law 102-486; 106 Stat. 3108) are repealed.
    (b) Notice Requirement Not Affected.--Nothing in this Act shall be 
construed or interpreted to (1) limit, modify, or otherwise affect the 
existing requirement to provide in writing 60-day advance notice of 
specific activities in accordance with the order dated December 16, 
1980 in the case United States of America v. Minard Run Oil Company, 
1980 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9570 (W.D. Pa., Dec. 16, 1980); or (2) limit 
existing authority of the Forest Service under 16 U.S.C. 551.

            Passed the House of Representatives September 6, 2016.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.
114th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 3881

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to repeal provisions relating only to 
                     the Allegheny National Forest.