,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dbbg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #af1      
#bjbb,mr4 ,hoeven 7for himself and ,mr4 
,cramer7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,energy and ,natural     
,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to streamline   
the oil and gas permitting process and  
to recognize fee ownership for certain  
oil and gas drilling or spacing units1  
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,compliance
 with ,,blm permitting  7a7 ,in general 
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law but subject to any ,state           
requirements1 a ,bureau of ,land        
,management drilling permit shall not be
 required under the ,federal ,oil and   
,gas ,royalty ,management ,act of #aihb 
7#cj ,u4,s4,c4 #agja et seq47 or section
 #cafd4a of title #dc1 ,code of ,federal
 ,regulations 7or a successor           
regulation71 for an action occurring    
within an oil and gas drilling or       
spacing unit if-- 7#a7 less than #ej    

percent of the minerals within the oil  
and gas drilling or spacing unit are    
minerals owned by the ,federal          
,government2 and  7#b7 the ,federal     
,government does not own or lease the   
surface estate within the area directly 
impacted by the action4  7b7            
,notification ,each ,state with an      
approved permit to drill or drilling    
plan that would impact or extract oil   
and gas owned by the ,federal           
,government shall notify the ,secretary 
of the ,interior of the approved permit 
to drill or drilling plan not later than
 #de days after the date on which the   
permit or plan is approved4  7c7        
,royalties ,nothing in this section     
affects the amount of royalties due to  
the ,federal ,government from the       
production of the ,federal minerals     
within the oil and gas drilling or      
spacing unit4