,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #gbb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #be1      
#bjbe,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    
part #cafj of title #dc1 ,code of       
,federal ,regulations 7or successor     
regulations71 but subject to any        

applicable ,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 the  
,federal ,government-- 7,a7 owns less   
than #ej percent of the minerals within 
the oil and gas drilling or spacing     
unit2 and  7,b7 does not own or lease   
the surface estate within the area      
directly impacted by the action2  7#b7  
the well is located on non-,federal land
 overlying a non-,federal mineral       
estate1 but some portion of the wellbore
 enters and produces from the ,federal  
mineral estate subject to the lease2 or 
7#c7 the well is located on non-,federal
 land overlying a non-,federal mineral  
estate1 but some portion of the wellbore
 traverses but does not produce from the
 ,federal mineral estate subject to the 
lease4  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 lessee of ,federal minerals in
 the unit1 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  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 approved2   
and  7#c7 each lessee or designee of a  
lessee shall provide1 prior to          
commencing drilling operations1         
agreements authorizing the ,secretary of

 the ,interior to enter non-,federal    
land1 as necessary1 for inspection and  
enforcement of the terms of the ,federal
 lease4  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  7e7 
,authority on non-,federal land ,section
 #ag7;g7 of the ,mineral ,leasing ,act  
7#cj ,u4,s4,c4 #bbf7;g77 is amended--   
7#a7 by striking the subsection         
designation and all that follows through
 ,secretary of the ,interior1 or in the 
first sentence and inserting the        

following3  7g7 7#a7 ,the ,secretary of 
the ,interior1 or  2 and  7#b7 by adding
 at the end the following3  7#b7 7,a7   
,in the case of an oil and gas lease    
under this ,act on land described in    
subparagraph 7,b7 located within an oil 
and gas drilling or spacing unit1       
nothing in this ,act authorizes the     
,secretary of the ,interior-- 7i7 to    
require a bond to protect non-,federal  
land2  7ii7 to enter non-,federal land  
without the consent of the applicable   
landowner2  7iii7 to impose mitigation  
requirements2 or  7iv7 to require       
approval for surface reclamation4  7,b7 
,land referred to in subparagraph 7,a7  
is land where-- 7i7 the ,federal        
,government-- 7,i7 owns less than #ej   
percent of the minerals within the oil  
and gas drilling or spacing unit2 and   
7,,ii7 does not own or lease the surface
 estate within the area directly        
impacted by the action2  7ii7 the well  
is located on non-,federal land         
overlying a non-,federal mineral estate1

 but some portion of the wellbore enters
 and produces from the ,federal mineral 
estate subject to the lease2 or  7iii7  
the well is located on non-,federal land
 overlying a non-,federal mineral       
estate1 but some portion of the wellbore
 traverses but does not produce from the
 ,federal mineral estate subject to the 
lease4  4