S. 5630: A bill to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to ensure sufficient bonding and complete and timely reclamation of land and water disturbed by Federal and Indian oil and gas production, and for other purposes.
The bill’s title describes changes to federal leasing law intended to strengthen bonding and reclamation, but the full text is unavailable.
- Introduced only
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Aims to ensure enough financial backing and timely restoration after oil and gas production on federal and Indian lands. Details are not yet available.
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Bonding can provide money toward restoring areas disturbed by production, while reclamation refers to restoring those areas. The bill’s title sets out a goal of making that bonding sufficient and reclamation complete and timely, but the available information does not show how the bill would define or enforce those standards.
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S. 5630: A bill to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to ensure sufficient bonding and complete and timely reclamation of land and water disturbed by Federal and Indian oil and gas production, and for other purposes.
The bill’s title describes changes to federal leasing law intended to strengthen bonding and reclamation, but the full text is unavailable.
- Introduced only
- Full text unavailable
LEGISLATIVE PROGRESS
- Introduced
- In Committee
- Reported
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Conference
- To President
- Became Law
Aims to ensure enough financial backing and timely restoration after oil and gas production on federal and Indian lands. Details are not yet available.
WHAT THE BILL DOES
Bonding can provide money toward restoring areas disturbed by production, while reclamation refers to restoring those areas. The bill’s title sets out a goal of making that bonding sufficient and reclamation complete and timely, but the available information does not show how the bill would define or enforce those standards.
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- Bonding
- Financial backing set aside or promised to help cover required work, such as restoring a disturbed site.
- Reclamation
- Restoring land or water after it has been disturbed by an activity.
- Mineral Leasing Act
- The federal law that this bill’s title says it would amend.
- Federal and Indian lands
- The categories of land named in the bill’s title as affected by the oil and gas production it addresses.