[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6011 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6011

     To direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
 Agriculture to notify applicants of the completion status of right-of-
   way applications under section 501 of the Federal Land Policy and 
   Management Act of 1976 and section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 20, 2023

  Mr. Valadao (for himself and Mr. Newhouse) introduced the following 
                                  bill

                            October 25, 2023

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the 
Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
     To direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
 Agriculture to notify applicants of the completion status of right-of-
   way applications under section 501 of the Federal Land Policy and 
   Management Act of 1976 and section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act.

    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 ``Right-Of-Way Application 
Transparency and Accountability Act'' or the ``ROWATA Act''.

SEC. 2. DETERMINATION REGARDING RIGHTS-OF-WAY.

    (a) Notice.--Not later than 60 days after the Secretary concerned 
receives an application to grant a right-of-way, the Secretary 
concerned shall notify the applicant as to whether the application is 
complete or deficient.
    (b) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) Right-of-way.--The term ``right-of-way'' means--
                    (A) a right-of-way issued, granted, or renewed 
                under section 501 of the Federal Land Policy and 
                Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1761); or
                    (B) a right-of-way granted under section 28 of the 
                Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 185).
            (2) Secretary concerned.--The term ``Secretary concerned'' 
        means--
                    (A) with respect to public lands, the Secretary of 
                the Interior; and
                    (B) with respect to National Forest System lands, 
                the Secretary of Agriculture.
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