[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 258 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 258

 To prohibit oil and gas leasing on the National Forest System land in 
  the Ruby Mountains Ranger District located in the Humboldt-Toiyabe 
 National Forest, Elko and White Pine Counties, Nevada, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 29, 2019

 Ms. Cortez Masto 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 prohibit oil and gas leasing on the National Forest System land in 
  the Ruby Mountains Ranger District located in the Humboldt-Toiyabe 
 National Forest, Elko and White Pine Counties, Nevada, 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 ``Ruby Mountains Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF OIL AND GAS LEASING.

    (a) Definition of District Land.--In this section, the term 
``District land'' means the approximately 450,000 acres of National 
Forest System land comprising the Ruby Mountains Ranger District of the 
Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, Elko and White Pine Counties, Nevada, 
as in existence on the date of enactment of this Act.
    (b) Prohibition.--Subject to valid existing rights in existence on 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall 
not issue under any law, including the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 
181 et seq.), an oil or gas lease on the District land.
    (c) Application.--The prohibition under subsection (b) shall apply 
to any land or interest in land that is acquired by the United States 
after the date of enactment of this Act for inclusion in the Ruby 
Mountains Ranger District.
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