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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · S. 4642 (Introduced in Senate) — To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to ensure sufficient bonding and complete and timely reclamation of land and water d... · Sec. 301

Sec. 301. Cost recovery

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Section 17 of the Mineral Leasing Act ( 30 U.S.C. 226 ) (as amended by section 101(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: Before approving an application for a permit to drill pursuant to a lease issued under this Act, the Secretary of the Interior, or the Secretary of Agriculture with respect to National Forest System land, shall determine the cost to the Federal Government of carrying out Federal inspection and enforcement actions for the lease. The Secretary of the Interior, or the Secretary of Agriculture with respect to National Forest System land, shall not release the financial assurance established for a lease under subsection (g)(4)(E) until the applicable lessee has reimbursed the applicable Secretary for the total cost of Federal inspection and enforcement actions on the lease. .
Section 35(c)(3) of the Mineral Leasing Act ( 30 U.S.C. 191(c)(3) ) is amended by striking subparagraph
(A)and inserting the following: Of the amounts in the Fund, the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall use, without further appropriation or fiscal year limitation— 50 percent— to carry out the coordination and review process for— financial assurances for oil and gas leases under this Act; and bond releases for oil and gas leases under this Act; to coordinate— the inventory of wells that are orphaned (as defined in subsection (q)(1)) or inactive (as defined in subsection (g)(1)); and the processing of requests for delays in the permanent closure of wells that are inactive (as so defined); and to coordinate and process environmental and cultural resource reviews applicable to oil and gas activities under this Act; and the remaining amounts for the coordination and processing of oil and gas use authorizations on onshore Federal and Indian trust mineral estate land. .
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