,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cgdg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ab1 #bjai,mr4 
,neguse introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,natural ,resources1 and in addition to 
the ,committees on ,energy and          
,commerce1 and ,transportation and      
,infrastructure1 for a period to be     
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to require the ,federal     
,government to acquire mineral rights1  
and prohibit disturbance1 of the        
subsurface of federally owned sites     
listed on the ,national ,priorities     
,list to the extent necessary to protect
 cleanup remedies1 and for other        
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,on or ,under ,act4 
#b4 ,prohibition on disturbance of the  
subsurface of ,,npl sites  7a7          
,acquisition of mineral rights ,upon the

 date of enactment of this ,act1 the    
,federal ,government shall acquire all  
the current existing mineral rights1    
including lease interests1 that exist in
 the subsurface of federally owned sites
 listed on the ,national ,priorities    
,list under the ,comprehensive          
,environmental ,response1 ,compensation1
 and ,liability ,act of #aihj 7#db      
,u4,s4,c4 #ifja et seq474  7b7          
,prohibition ,upon acquiring such       
subsurface mineral rights1 unless for   
the purposes of site clean-up1 the      
,administrator of the ,environmental    
,protection ,agency shall prohibit1     
through restrictive covenant or other   
appropriate mechanism1 any drilling1    
excavation1 or other disturbance of the 
federally owned subsurface beneath a    
site listed on the ,national ,priorities
 ,list under the ,comprehensive         
,environmental ,response1 ,compensation1
 and ,liability ,act of #aihj 7#db      
,u4,s4,c4 #ifja et seq474