Prohibits the Department of the Interior from requiring a drilling permit under the Mineral Leasing Act for an action occurring within an…
Official title: A bill to streamline the oil and gas permitting process and to recognize fee ownership for certain oil and gas drilling or spacing units, and for other purposes.
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This bill prohibits the Department of the Interior from requiring a drilling permit under the Mineral Leasing Act for an action occurring within an oil and gas drilling or spacing unit, if (1) less than 50% of the minerals within the unit are federally owned, and (2) the federal government neither owns nor leases the surface estate within the unit's boundaries.
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Who introduced this
John Hoeven
RepublicanU.S. Senator · ND
3 cosponsors — all Republican
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