S.Amdt. 1660

SA 1660. Mr. HOEVEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1617 proposed by Mr. Gardner (for himself, Mr. Manchin,
Mr. Daines, Mr. Warner, Mr. Portman, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Alexander, Mr.
King, Mr. Burr, Mr. Tester, Ms. Collins, Mr. Udall, Mr. Boozman, Mr.
Schumer, Mr. Blunt, Ms. Harris, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Peters, Mr. Tillis,
Ms. Baldwin, Ms. McSally, Mr. Casey, Mr. Graham, Mr. Heinrich, Mr.
Bennet, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Booker, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr.
Merkley, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Kaine, Ms. Sinema, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Coons, Ms.
Smith, Ms. Hassan, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Durbin, Mrs.
Shaheen, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Jones, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Menendez, Mr.
Cardin, Mr. Brown, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Warren, Mr. Murphy, Ms. Klobuchar,
Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Leahy, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Markey, Mr.
Roberts, Mr. Perdue, Mr. Cramer, and Mr. Schatz) to the bill H.R. 1957,
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modernize and improve the
Internal Revenue Service, and for other purposes; which was ordered to
lie on the table; as follows:

At the end, add the following:

SEC. ____. COMPLIANCE WITH BLM PERMITTING.

(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law
but subject to any State requirements, a Bureau of Land
Management drilling permit shall not be required under the
Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 (30 U.S.C.
1701 et seq.) or section 3164.1 of title 43, Code of Federal
Regulations (or a successor regulation), for an action
occurring within an oil and gas drilling or spacing unit if--
(1) less than 50 percent of the minerals within the oil and
gas drilling or spacing unit are minerals owned by the
Federal Government; and
(2) the Federal Government does not own or lease the
surface estate within the boundaries of the oil and gas
drilling or spacing unit.
(b) Effect.--Nothing in this section affects the right of
the Federal Government to receive royalties due to the
Federal Government from the production of the Federal
minerals within the oil and gas drilling or spacing unit.
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