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type: "LegalText"
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title: "42 U.S.C. § 15922"
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description: "Consultation regarding oil and gas leasing on public land"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 42
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title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
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chapter_number: "149"
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chapter_name: "NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY AND PROGRAMS"
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section: "15922"
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citation: "42 U.S.C. § 15922"
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status: "current"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc42@119-100.zip"
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---
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# 42 U.S.C. § 15922 - Consultation regarding oil and gas leasing on public land
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## Text
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(a) In general Not later than 180 days after August 8, 2005, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall enter into a memorandum of understanding regarding oil and gas leasing on—
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(1) public land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior; and
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(2) National Forest System land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture.
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(b) Contents The memorandum of understanding shall include provisions that—
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(1) establish administrative procedures and lines of authority that ensure timely processing of—
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(A) oil and gas lease applications;
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(B) surface use plans of operation, including steps for processing surface use plans; and
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(C) applications for permits to drill consistent with applicable timelines;
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(2) eliminate duplication of effort by providing for coordination of planning and environmental compliance efforts;
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(3) ensure that lease stipulations are—
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(A) applied consistently;
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(B) coordinated between agencies; and
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(C) only as restrictive as necessary to protect the resource for which the stipulations are applied;
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(4) establish a joint data retrieval system that is capable of—
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(A) tracking applications and formal requests made in accordance with procedures of the Federal onshore oil and gas leasing program; and
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(B) providing information regarding the status of the applications and requests within the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture; and
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(5) establish a joint geographic information system mapping system for use in—
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(A) tracking surface resource values to aid in resource management; and
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(B) processing surface use plans of operation and applications for permits to drill.
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(Pub. L. 109–58, title III, § 363, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 722.)
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