Sec. 20402. Prohibitions on delay of mineral development of certain Federal land
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President shall not carry out any action that would pause, restrict, or delay the process for or issuance of any of the following on Federal land, unless such lands are withdrawn from disposition under the mineral leasing laws, including by administrative withdrawal: New oil and gas lease sales, oil and gas leases, drill permits, or associated approvals or authorizations of any kind associated with oil and gas leases. New coal leases (including leases by application in process, renewals, modifications, or expansions of existing leases), permits, approvals, or authorizations.
New leases, claims, permits, approvals, or authorizations for development or exploration of minerals. The President, the Secretary, or Secretary of Agriculture as applicable, may not rescind any existing lease, permit, or claim for the extraction and production of any mineral under the mining laws or mineral leasing and mineral materials laws on National Forest System land or land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, unless specifically authorized by Federal statute, or upon the lessee, permittee, or claimant’s failure to comply with any of the provisions of the applicable lease, permit, or claim.
In subsection (a)(3), the term mineral means any mineral of a kind that is locatable (including such minerals located on lands acquired by the United States , as such term is defined in section 2 of the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands) under the Act of May 10, 1872 (Chapter 152; 17 Stat. 91).
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Sec. 20402
Prohibitions on delay of mineral development of certain Federal land
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