Text: H.R.3881 — 114th Congress (2015-2016)All Bill Information (Except Text)

Text available as:

Shown Here:
Referred in Senate (09/07/2016)

Formatting necessary for an accurate reading of this legislative text may be shown by tags (e.g., <DELETED> or <BOLD>) or may be missing from this TXT display. For complete and accurate display of this text, see the PDF.

 
[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3881 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

&lt;DOC&gt;
114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3881


_______________________________________________________________________


                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 7, 2016

   Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT


 
To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to repeal provisions relating only to 
                     the Allegheny National Forest.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Cooperative Management of Mineral 
Rights Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF PROVISIONS REGARDING THE ALLEGHENY NATIONAL FOREST.

    (a) Repeal.--Subsection (o) of section 17 of the Mineral Leasing 
Act (30 U.S.C. 226) and 2508 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (Public 
Law 102-486; 106 Stat. 3108) are repealed.
    (b) Notice Requirement Not Affected.--Nothing in this Act shall be 
construed or interpreted to (1) limit, modify, or otherwise affect the 
existing requirement to provide in writing 60-day advance notice of 
specific activities in accordance with the order dated December 16, 
1980 in the case United States of America v. Minard Run Oil Company, 
1980 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9570 (W.D. Pa., Dec. 16, 1980); or (2) limit 
existing authority of the Forest Service under 16 U.S.C. 551.

            Passed the House of Representatives September 6, 2016.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.