Bill Details
HR.745 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-01-28 - Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Introduced Date
2025-01-28
Policy Area
Public Lands and Natural Resources
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This bill would require federal land and energy agencies to study how much valuable mineral and energy material is found in certain public lands and offshore areas. The Bureau of Land Management, the Forest Service, and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management would each have up to three years to estimate the dollar value of minerals such as oil, gas, and other valuable mineral resources in the areas they oversee. The goal is to better understand the economic value of these resources on selected federal lands and waters.
- The study would cover certain onshore areas, including newer national monuments, areas of critical environmental concern, and places that have been withdrawn from mining or mineral leasing.
- The offshore study would cover marine national monuments, offshore areas closed to mining or mineral leasing, and areas under a moratorium.
- The studies would also include areas managed by more than one federal agency.
- Some places would not be included, such as any unit of the National Park System and certain national monuments that were designated as areas of critical environmental concern before January 1, 2000.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 745 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 745
To direct the Director of the Bureau of Land Management and the Chief
of the United States Forest Service to conduct a study of onshore
mineral values and the Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management to conduct a study of offshore mineral values.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 28, 2025
Mr. Arrington (for himself, Mr. Newhouse, Ms. Maloy, Mr. Moore of Utah,
and Mr. Owens) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Natural Resources
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A BILL
To direct the Director of the Bureau of Land Management and the Chief
of the United States Forest Service to conduct a study of onshore
mineral values and the Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management to conduct a study of offshore mineral values.
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 ``Abundant American Resources Act of
2025''.
SEC. 2. ONSHORE AND OFFSHORE MINERAL VALUE STUDIES.
(a) Onshore Mineral Study.--Not later than three years after the
date of the enactment of this section--
(1) the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, shall
complete (including through a contract with a private entity) a
study to determine the dollar value of liquid, gaseous,
locatable, leasable, and salable minerals present in each
covered onshore area under the jurisdiction of the Director;
and
(2) the Chief of the Forest Service, shall complete
(including through a contract with a private entity) a study to
determine the dollar value of liquid, gaseous, and locatable
minerals present in each covered onshore area under the
jurisdiction of the Chief.
(b) Offshore Mineral Study.--Not later than three years after the
date of the enactment of this section, the Director of the Bureau of
Ocean Energy Management shall complete (including through a contract
with a private entity) a study to determine the dollar value of liquid,
gaseous, and locatable minerals present in each covered offshore area
under the jurisdiction of the Director.
(c) Included and Excluded Areas.--The studies required under
subsections (a) and (b) shall--
(1) include co-managed areas; and
(2) exclude--
(A) any unit of the National Park System; and
(B) any national monument designated as an area of
critical environmental concern before January 1, 2000.
(d) Definitions.--In this section--
(1) the term ``area of critical environmental concern''
means an area that meets all of the criteria identified under
section 1610.7-2(d) of title 43, Code of Federal Regulations;
(2) the term ``co-managed area'' means an area that is
under the jurisdiction of two or more Federal agencies;
(3) the term ``covered onshore area'' means--
(A) a national monument--
(i) that is not a marine national monument;
and
(ii) that was designated after December 31,
1999;
(B) an area of critical environmental concern; and
(C) an area that has been withdrawn from--
(i) entry under the general mining laws; or
(ii) operation of the mineral leasing and
mineral materials laws;
(4) the term ``covered offshore area'' means--
(A) a marine national monument;
(B) an offshore area that has been withdrawn from--
(i) entry under the general mining laws; or
(ii) operation of the mineral leasing and
mineral materials laws; and
(C) an offshore area that is otherwise designated
as an area under moratorium;
(5) the term ``liquid minerals'' includes crude oil; and
(6) the term ``gaseous minerals'' includes natural gas.
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