H.R. 7093 — Introduced in House

I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7093 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 15, 2022Mr. Obernolte introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To withdraw certain Federal land in the San Bernardino National Forest in California from location, entry, and patent under mining laws, and for other purposes. 1. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The Forest Service has implemented a strategy known as the Carbonate Habitat Management Strategy to conserve listed threatened and endangered species where minerals co-occur with those species’ habitats to allow for species conservation and efficient administration of mining activities on the San Bernardino National Forest. (2) The withdrawal of certain land in the San Bernardino National Forest will create a reserve for designated crucial habitat to protect four listed threatened and endangered plant species from the effects of mining. 2. Withdrawal of San Bernardino National Forest land from mining laws Subject to valid existing rights, the approximately 3,055 acres of land generally depicted as Proposed Withdrawal on the map titled Proposed Withdrawal-San Bernardino National Forest-Mountaintop Ranger District, and dated October 19, 2020, is hereby withdrawn from— (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws.