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House Bill 7882
119th Congress(2025-2026)
To provide for the leasing of certain deposits of minerals located within the City of Carlsbad, New Mexico.
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H. R. 7882 (Introduced-in-House)


119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7882


To provide for the leasing of certain deposits of minerals located within the City of Carlsbad, New Mexico.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 9, 2026

Mr. Stauber introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

A BILL

To provide for the leasing of certain deposits of minerals located within the City of Carlsbad, New Mexico.

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

SECTION 1. Leasing of certain deposits of minerals located within City of Carlsbad, New Mexico.

(a) In general.—Notwithstanding the exclusion in the first section of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181) or the first sentence of section 3 of the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands (30 U.S.C. 352) with respect to incorporated cities, towns, and villages, and subject to written consent provided by the City of Carlsbad, New Mexico, to the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary may lease deposits of the minerals described in such section and such sentence that are located on covered land in accordance with the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) or Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands (30 U.S.C. 351 et seq.), as applicable, and any other applicable Federal mineral leasing law.

(b) Definitions.—In this section:

(1) ACQUIRED LAND.—The term “acquired land” has the meaning given the term “acquired lands” in section 2 of the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands (30 U.S.C. 351).

(2) COVERED LAND.—The term “covered land” means land that—

(A) is—

(i) owned by the United States within the meaning of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.); or

(ii) acquired land; and

(B) located within the City of Carlsbad, New Mexico.