119-hr745

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 745 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 745

 To direct the Director of the Bureau of Land Management and the Chief 
 of the United States Forest Service to conduct a study of onshore 
 mineral values and the Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy 
 Management to conduct a study of offshore mineral values.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 January 28, 2025

Mr. Arrington (for himself, Mr. Newhouse, Ms. Maloy, Mr. Moore of Utah, 
and Mr. Owens) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Natural Resources

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 A BILL

 To direct the Director of the Bureau of Land Management and the Chief 
 of the United States Forest Service to conduct a study of onshore 
 mineral values and the Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy 
 Management to conduct a study of offshore mineral values.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Abundant American Resources Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. ONSHORE AND OFFSHORE MINERAL VALUE STUDIES.

    (a) Onshore Mineral Study.--Not later than three years after the 
date of the enactment of this section--

    (1) the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, shall 
 complete (including through a contract with a private entity) a 
 study to determine the dollar value of liquid, gaseous, 
 locatable, leasable, and salable minerals present in each 
 covered onshore area under the jurisdiction of the Director; 
 and

    (2) the Chief of the Forest Service, shall complete 
 (including through a contract with a private entity) a study to 
 determine the dollar value of liquid, gaseous, and locatable 
 minerals present in each covered onshore area under the 
 jurisdiction of the Chief.

    (b) Offshore Mineral Study.--Not later than three years after the 
date of the enactment of this section, the Director of the Bureau of 
Ocean Energy Management shall complete (including through a contract 
with a private entity) a study to determine the dollar value of liquid, 
gaseous, and locatable minerals present in each covered offshore area 
under the jurisdiction of the Director.
            (c) Included and Excluded Areas.--The studies required under 
subsections

    (a) and

    (b) shall--

    (1) include co-managed areas; and

    (2) exclude--
        (A) any unit of the National Park System; and
        (B) any national monument designated as an area of 
 critical environmental concern before January 1, 2000.
            (d) === Definitions. ===
-In this section--

    (1) the term ``area of critical environmental concern'' 
 means an area that meets all of the criteria identified under 
 

section 1610.7-2
            (d) of title 43, Code of Federal Regulations;

    (2) the term ``co-managed area'' means an area that is 
 under the jurisdiction of two or more Federal agencies;

    (3) the term ``covered onshore area'' means--
        (A) a national monument--
            (i) that is not a marine national monument; 
 and
            (ii) that was designated after December 31, 
 1999;
        (B) an area of critical environmental concern; and
            (C) an area that has been withdrawn from--
            (i) entry under the general mining laws; or
            (ii) operation of the mineral leasing and 
 mineral materials laws;

    (4) the term ``covered offshore area'' means--
        (A) a marine national monument;
        (B) an offshore area that has been withdrawn from--
            (i) entry under the general mining laws; or
            (ii) operation of the mineral leasing and 
 mineral materials laws; and
            (C) an offshore area that is otherwise designated 
 as an area under moratorium;

    (5) the term ``liquid minerals'' includes crude oil; and

    (6) the term ``gaseous minerals'' includes natural gas.
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