Sec. 201. Onshore oil and gas leasing
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Section 50265(b)(1)(B) of Public Law 117–169 ( 43 U.S.C. 3006(b)(1)(B) ) is amended, in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting for which expressions of interest have been submitted that have been after sum of total acres . Section 17(b) of the Mineral Leasing Act ( 30 U.S.C. 226(b) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: A parcel of land included in an expression of interest that the Secretary of the Interior offers for lease shall be leased as nominated and not subdivided into multiple parcels unless the Secretary of the Interior determines that a subpart of the submitted parcel is not open to oil or gas leasing under the approved resource management plan.
Nothing in this paragraph affects the obligations of the Secretary of the Interior to complete requirements and reviews established by other provisions of law before leasing a parcel of land. A lease issued under this section shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the approved resource management plan. Notwithstanding section 1506.1 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this paragraph), the Secretary may conduct a lease sale under an approved resource management plan while amendments to the approved plan are under consideration. .
Section 17(q) of the Mineral Leasing Act ( 30 U.S.C. 226(q) ) is amended— by striking Secretary each place it appears and inserting Secretary of the Interior ; in paragraph (1), by striking nonrefundable ; and by adding at the end the following: If a person other than the person who submitted the expression of interest is the highest responsible qualified bidder for a parcel of land covered by the applicable expression of interest in a lease sale conducted under this section— as a condition of the issuance of the lease, the person who is the highest responsible qualified bidder shall pay to the Secretary of the Interior an amount equal to the applicable fee paid by the person who submitted the expression of interest; and not later than 60 days after the date of the lease sale, the Secretary of the Interior shall refund to the person who submitted the expression of interest an amount equal to the amount of the initial fee paid.
Except as provided in paragraph (3)(B), the fee assessed under paragraph
(1)shall be nonrefundable. .
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