[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4246 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4246

To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to create a buffer in between oil and 
   gas drilling operations and homes, businesses, schools, and other 
   buildings that require special protection, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 3, 2017

Ms. Barragan (for herself, Ms. Lee, Mr. Khanna, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. 
 Gomez, Mr. Soto, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Evans, and Mr. Ellison) 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 to create a buffer in between oil and 
   gas drilling operations and homes, businesses, schools, and other 
   buildings that require special protection, 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 ``No Drilling in Our Backyards Act''.

SEC. 2. BUFFER FROM OIL AND GAS DRILLING OPERATIONS.

    The Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) is amended by--
            (1) redesignating section 44 as section 45; and
            (2) inserting after section 44 the following:

``SEC. 45. BUFFER FROM OIL AND GAS DRILLING OPERATIONS.

    ``The Secretary of the Interior may not issue a permit for any oil 
and gas drilling operation that is located within 1,500 feet from a 
home, business, school, or other building that requires special 
protection, as determined by the Secretary.''.
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