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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. 8

Sec. 8. Effect

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Nothing in this Act, including a determination under a reasonably foreseeable development scenario issued pursuant to this Act that Federal land has high or moderate potential for development of oil and gas resources, alters— the requirements under section 202(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ( 43 U.S.C. 1712(c) ) that prior to offering for lease any public land otherwise available for leasing of oil and gas resources pursuant to the Mineral Leasing Act ( 30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) or the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands ( 30 U.S.C. 351 et seq.), the Secretary shall consider and weigh the multiple use and sustained yield values of the public land; the requirements of subsections
(b)and
(e)of section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 ( 16 U.S.C. 1604 ) that prior to offering for lease any National Forest System land otherwise available for leasing of oil and gas resources pursuant to the Mineral Leasing Act ( 30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) or the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands ( 30 U.S.C. 351 et seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture shall consider and weigh the multiple use and sustained yield values of the National Forest System land; or any other applicable requirements of law. Nothing in this Act modifies, alters, or impacts the applicability of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) to the leasing of Federal land by the Secretary.
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