[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2316 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2316

 To amend the Mineral Leasing Act and the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to 
   repeal provisions relating only to the Allegheny National Forest.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 3, 2017

Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr. Gene Green of Texas) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Mineral Leasing Act and the Energy Policy Act of 1992 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 2017''.

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 section 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(Public Law 102-486; 106 Stat. 3108) are repealed.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--
            (1) to 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) to limit existing authority of the Forest Service under 
        provisions of law codified in section 551 of title 16, United 
        States Code.
    (c) Permitting Authority Not Affected.--Nothing in this Act shall 
be construed or interpreted to alter, repeal, or otherwise limit the 
existing authority of the Forest Service to permit the harvest or sale 
of timber derived from the Allegheny National Forest.
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