Sec. 4021. Minimum acreage requirement for onshore lease sales
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Section 17 of the Mineral Leasing Act ( 30 U.S.C. 226 ) is amended— by striking and inserting the following: Sec. 17.
(a)All lands All land ; and in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following: In conducting lease sales under paragraph (1)— there shall be a presumption that nominated land should be leased; and the Secretary of the Interior shall offer for sale all of the nominated acreage not previously made available for lease, unless the Secretary demonstrates by clear and convincing evidence that an individual lease should not be granted. Acreage offered for lease pursuant to this paragraph— shall not be subject to protest; and shall be eligible for categorical exclusions under section 390 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( 42 U.S.C. 15942 ), except that the categorical exclusions shall not be subject to the test of extraordinary circumstances or any other similar regulation or policy guidance. In administering this paragraph, the Secretary shall only consider leasing of Federal land that is available for leasing at the time the lease sale occurs. .
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