,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ece  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #bg1      
#bjbc,mr4 ,hoeven 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,barrasso1 ,mr4 ,cramer1 and ,mr4       
,daines7 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 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,bureau of ,land ,management ,mineral   
,spacing ,act4  #b4 ,compliance with    
,,blm permitting  7a7 ,in general       
,notwithstanding the ,mineral ,leasing  
,act 7#cj ,u4,s4,c4 #aha et seq471 the  
,federal ,oil and ,gas ,royalty         
,management ,act of #aihb 7#cj ,u4,s4,c4
 #agja et seq471 or subpart #cafb of    
title #dc1 ,code of ,federal            
,regulations 7or successor regulations71
 but subject to any ,state or ,tribal   

requirements and subsection 7c71 the    
,secretary of the ,interior shall not   
require a permit to drill for an oil and
 gas lease under the ,mineral ,leasing  
,act 7#cj ,u4,s4,c4 #aha et seq47 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 ,for each ,state permit to
 drill or drilling plan that would      
impact or extract oil and gas owned by  
the ,federal ,government-- 7#a7 each    
lessee1 or designee of a lessee1 shall--
 7,a7 notify the ,secretary of the      
,interior of the submission of a ,state 
application for a permit to drill or    
drilling plan on submission of the      
application2 and  7,b7 provide a copy of
 the application described in           

subparagraph 7,a7 to the ,secretary of  
the ,interior not later than #e days    
after the date on which the permit or   
plan is submitted2 and  7#b7 each       
lessee1 designee of a lessee1 or        
applicable ,state shall notify the      
,secretary of the ,interior of the      
approved ,state permit to drill or      
drilling plan not later than #de days   
after the date on which the permit or   
plan is approved4  7c7 ,nonapplicability
 to ,indian lands ,subsection 7a7 shall 
not apply to ,indian lands 7as defined  
in section #c of the ,federal ,oil and  
,gas ,royalty ,management ,act of #aihb 
7#cj ,u4,s4,c4 #agjb774  7d7 ,effect    
,nothing in this section affects-- 7#a7 
other authorities of the ,secretary of  
the ,interior under the ,federal ,oil   
and ,gas ,royalty ,management ,act of   
#aihb 7#cj ,u4,s4,c4 #agja et seq472 or 
7#b7 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