Bureau of Land Management Mineral Spacing Act
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Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 21 - 16.
2026-09-15
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Committee Activity
Currently in
- House Committee on Natural ResourcesMarkup By · 2026-09-15
Previously
- Natural Resources CommitteeReferred To · 2025-02-25
- House Committee on Natural ResourcesReferred To · 2025-02-25
Plain-English Summary
Bureau of Land Management Mineral Spacing Act This bill exempts certain oil and gas exploration and production activities from permit and environmental review requirements. This exemption applies to activities conducted on nonfederal surface estates located on partially federally-held mineral rights. Specifically, the bill prohibits the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) from requiring an operator to obtain a federal drilling permit under the Mineral Leasing Act for oil and gas exploration and production activities conducted on a nonfederal surface estate if (1) less than 50% of the subsurface mineral estate to be accessed by the proposed action is federally owned, and (2) the operator submits to the BLM a state permit to conduct such activities on the nonfederal surface estate. Those activities are not considered to be a major federal action under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), and thus are exempt from environmental review requirements under NEPA. Further, those activities are exempt from requirements for federal actions under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 and the Endangered Species Act of 1973. The bill does not apply to Indian lands.
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
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