[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2625-S2626]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 472. Mr. LANKFORD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place in title XXVIII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. ___. PRODUCTION AND USE OF NATURAL GAS AT MCALESTER ARMY 
                   AMMUNITION PLANT.

       (a) Authority.--
       (1) In general.--Notwithstanding section 3 of the Mineral 
     Leasing Act for Acquired Lands (30 U.S.C. 352), the Secretary 
     of the Army may--
       (A) produce any natural gas located within land under the 
     geographic footprint of the McAlester Army Ammunition Plant 
     (referred to in this Act as ``MCAAP''); and
       (B) treat, manage, and use the natural gas produced 
     pursuant to subparagraph (A).
       (2) Contract authority.--To carry out any authority 
     described in paragraph (1), the Secretary of the Army may 
     enter into a contract with an entity determined appropriate 
     by the Secretary.
       (b) Royalties to the State of Oklahoma.--
       (1) Value of royalties.--Beginning after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, as soon as practicable after the end 
     of each calendar year, the Secretary of the Interior shall 
     provide to the Secretary of the Army, for natural gas 
     produced at MCAAP pursuant to subsection (a) during that 
     calendar year, information on the amount of royalty payments 
     that the State of Oklahoma would have received under the 
     Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands (30 U.S.C. 351 et 
     seq.) if the natural gas had been produced pursuant to a 
     lease issued under that Act.
       (2) Access to information.--On request of the Secretary of 
     the Interior, the Secretary of the Army shall promptly 
     provide all information, documents, and other materials the 
     Secretary of the Interior considers necessary to calculate 
     the amount of royalty payments under paragraph (1).
       (3) Payments; disbursements.--
       (A) Payments to treasury.--On receipt of the information 
     from the Secretary of the Interior under paragraph (1) each 
     calendar year, the Secretary of the Army shall deposit in the 
     Treasury of the United States an amount equal to the amount 
     of the royalty payments calculated under that paragraph.
       (B) Disbursements to oklahoma.--The Secretary of the 
     Interior shall disburse to the State of Oklahoma an amount 
     equal to the amount deposited in the Treasury of the United 
     States by the Secretary of the Army pursuant to subparagraph 
     (A) as though the amounts were being disbursed to the State 
     under section 6 of the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands 
     (30 U.S.C. 355).
       (4) Waiver authority.--On receipt of written notice from 
     the Governor of Oklahoma consenting to the waiver of any of 
     the requirements of paragraphs (1) through (3), the Secretary 
     of the Interior may waive that requirement.
       (c) Ownership of Facilities.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of the Army may take 
     ownership of any gas production and treatment equipment and 
     facilities and associated infrastructure from an entity with 
     which the Secretary has entered into a contract under 
     subsection (a)(2) in accordance with the terms of such 
     contract.
       (2) Responsibility.--With respect to a natural gas well 
     installed on MCAAP and subject to this Act, the Secretary of 
     the Interior shall have no responsibility for--
       (A) the plugging, abandonment, or reclamation of such well; 
     or
       (B) any environmental damage caused by or associated with 
     the production of such well.
       (d) Limitation on Uses.--Natural gas produced pursuant to 
     subsection (a) may be used only to support activities and 
     operations at MCAAP.
       (e) Safety Standards for Gas Wells.--

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       (1) In general.--A natural gas well installed on MCAAP and 
     subject to this Act shall meet the same technical 
     installation and operating standards required for a natural 
     gas well installed under a lease issued pursuant to the 
     Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands (30 U.S.C. 351 et 
     seq.), including--
       (A) the gas measurement requirements under the Federal Oil 
     and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 (30 U.S.C. 1701 et 
     seq.); and
       (B) the operational standards required by the Bureau of 
     Land Management pursuant to part 3160 of title 43, Code of 
     Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation).
       (2) Compliance.--With respect to a natural gas well 
     installed on MCAAP and subject to this Act--
       (A) the Bureau of Land Management shall--
       (i) ensure compliance by the Secretary of the Army with the 
     standards described in paragraph (1); and
       (ii) report any violations of the standards to the 
     Secretary of the Army; and
       (B) the Secretary of the Army shall take such actions as 
     are necessary to bring the well into compliance with such 
     standards.
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