H.R. 3881Cooperative Management of Mineral Rights Act of 2016

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Sponsor: Glenn Thompson [R-PA-05]
Cosponsors: 1 · 1 Republican
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Committees: Natural Resources Committee, Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Latest action: Sep 7, 2016 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

IntroducedNov 3, 2015
Passed the HouseSep 6, 2016
Passed the SenateNot yet reached
Sent to the PresidentNot yet reached
Became lawNot yet reached

What the measure doesCRS summary

Cooperative Management of Mineral Rights Act of 2016

This bill repeals requirements of the Mineral Leasing Act and the Energy Policy Act of 1992 regarding the development of oil and gas deposits on certain lands within the Allegheny National Forest in Pennsylvania.

Nothing in this bill shall be construed or interpreted as:

limiting, modifying, or otherwise affecting the existing requirement to provide in writing 60-day advance notice of specific activities in accordance with the order dated December 16, 1980, in the case of United States of America v. Minard Run Oil Company; or

limiting existing authority of the Forest Service to protect the national forests.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 3881 as passed House amended on Sep 6, 2016. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

How every member votedHouse roll call 480

House Sep 6, 2016

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

Cooperative Managment of Mineral Rights Act of 2016

Passed · Two-thirds required

395 Yea 3 Nay 33 not voting

Crossed both parties 3 of 398 voting members broke with their own party: 3 Democrats.

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All members431 members

Democratic186 members

Republican245 members

marks half of the votes cast. A party’s majority is the side most of its voting members took.

Cosponsors1 · 1 Republican

Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 3881 and vote against it. 1 signed when it was filed.

RDoug LaMalfa [R-CA-01]Original

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