,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #igh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #e1        
#bjbe,mr4 ,stauber 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,finstad1 ,mrs4 ,fischbach1 ,mr4        
,fulcher1 ,mr4 ,tiffany1 ,mr4 ,begich1  
,mr4 ,crenshaw1 ,mr4 ,hunt1 ,ms4 ,maloy1
 ,ms4 ,hageman1 and ,mr4 ,gosar7        
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,natural 
,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to rescind      
,public ,land ,order #giag1 to reinstate
 mineral leases and permits in the      
,superior ,national ,forest1 to ensure  
timely review of ,mine ,plans of        
,operations1 and for other purposes4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,superior ,national ,forest     
,restoration ,act of #bjbe4  #b4        
,superior ,national ,forest ,system     
,lands in ,minnesota  7a7 ,rescission   
,the order titled ,public ,land ,order  
,no4 #giag for ,withdrawal of ,federal  
,lands2 ,cook1 ,lake1 and ,saint ,louis 
,counties1 ,,mn1 issued by the ,bureau  

of ,land ,management and dated ,january 
#ca1 #bjbc1 is hereby rescinded4  7b7   
,timely review ,the ,secretary shall    
complete all necessary environmental and
 regulatory reviews1 including processes
 subject to the ,national ,environmental
 ,policy ,act of #aifi 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#dcba et seq471 for all ,mine ,plans of 
,operations within the ,superior        
,national ,forest lands in the ,state of
 ,minnesota-- 7#a7 with respect to a    
,mine ,plan of ,operations submitted or 
resubmitted in the #aj-year period      
beginning on the date of the enactment  
of this section1 not later than #ah     
months after the date on which such     
,mine ,plan of ,operations is submitted 
or resubmitted2 and  7#b7 with respect  
to a ,mine ,plan of ,operations reviewed
 pursuant to this section1 all necessary
 supplemental environmental and         
regulatory reviews shall be reviewed by 
the ,secretary not later than #f months 
after the date on which such            
supplemental ,mine ,plan of ,operations 

is submitted1 and all necessary         
regulatory and environmental permits    
shall be issued not later than #f months
 after the ,mine ,plan of ,operations is
 approved4  7c7 ,reissuance of mineral  
leases  7#a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary
 shall issue each mineral lease1        
preference right lease1 and prospecting 
permit canceled by the ,secretary       
relating to lands within ,superior      
,national ,forest during the period     
beginning on ,january #ca1 #bjba1 and   
ending on the date of the enactment of  
this section4 ,such mineral leases1     
preference right leases1 and prospecting
 permits shall be reissued on the same  
terms as were in effect on the date of  
such cancellations1 except that-- 7,a7  
prospecting permits shall be reissued   
with their original terms and conditions
 as established upon initial issuance2  
and  7,b7 all mineral leases and        
preference right leases shall be        
modified to-- 7i7 an initial term of #bj
 years beginning on the date of the     

enactment of this section2  7ii7 a      
nondiscretionary right to renewal for #e
 subsequent #aj-year terms2 and  7iii7 a
 right to make reasonable adjustments of
 the rental and royalty terms at        
renewal4  7#b7 ,judicial review ,a lease
 or permit issued under paragraph 7#a7  
is not subject to judicial review4  7d7 
,issuance of new preference right leases
  7#a7 ,in general ,notwithstanding any 
other provision of law1 not later than  
#e days after the date of the enactment 
of this section1 the ,secretary shall   
grant preference right leases for any   
preference right lease applications that
 were rejected after ,january #ca1      
#bjba1 and prior to the date of the     
enactment of this section and have      
received a notice of preliminary        
valuable deposit determination4  7#b7   
,lease terms ,such preference right     
leases shall be issued with terms       
consistent with subsection 7c77#a74  7e7
 ,permits for use of surface lands ,with
 respect to lands subject to a lease    

pursuant to subsection 7d71 the         
,secretary1 in consultation with the    
,secretary of ,agriculture1 may issue   
permits for the use of surface lands not
 included in the lease for purposes     
connected with1 and reasonably necessary
 to1 the exploration1 development1 and  
use of the deposits covered by the      
lease4  7f7 ,secretary defined ,for the 
purposes of this section1 the term      
,secretary means-- 7#a7 the ,secretary  
of the ,interior2 or  7#b7 when used    
with respect to any unit of the         
,national ,forest ,system1 the          
,secretary of ,agriculture4