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H. Rept. 118-925 1 (2024-12-18)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxagwy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP 118TH CONGRESS REPORT 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 118-925 ENERGY OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL ACT DECEMBER 18, 2024.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources, submitted the following REPORT together with DISSENTING VIEWS [To accompany H.R. 4374] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 4374) to nullify Public Land Order No. 7923, withdrawing certain land in San Juan County, New Mexico, from mineral entry, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass. PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION The purpose of H.R. 4374 is to nullify Public Land Order No. 7923, withdrawing certain land in San Juan County, New Mexico, from mineral entry. BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION In June 2023, the Biden administration issued a Public Land Order officially withdrawing 336,404.42 acres of federal mineral es- tate surrounding the Chaco Culture National Historical Park (CCNHP) for 20 years. This withdrawal prevents mineral develop- ment on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land where the BLM also manages the federal mineral estate as well as non-federal land where the BLM manages the mineral estate. The withdrawal pre- vents the federal government from leasing under the Mineral Leas- ing Act. Furthermore, the withdrawal effectively prevents all pri- vate landowners and Navajo allotees from accessing non-federal 59-006