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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · S. 607 (Introduced in Senate) — To discourage speculative oil and gas leasing and to promote enhanced multiple use management of public land and Nati... · Sec. 4

Sec. 4. Definitions

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In this Act: The term drainage means the migration of hydrocarbons, inert gases (other than helium), or associated resources from a well caused by production from another well. The term Federal land means— public land; and National Forest System land. The term land use plan means— a land use plan required under sections 201 and 202 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ( 43 U.S.C. 1711 , 1712), including any resource management plan (as defined in section 1601.0–5 of title 43, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations)); and a land and resource management plan developed by the Secretary of Agriculture pursuant to section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 ( 16 U.S.C. 1604 ).
The term public land has the meaning given the term public lands in section 103 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ( 43 U.S.C. 1702 ). The term reasonably foreseeable development scenario has the meaning given the term in the handbook of the Bureau of Land Management entitled H—1624–1—Planning for Fluid Mineral Resources (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act) and issued pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ( 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.).
The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management.
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