H.R. 1926

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 1926 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1926 To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to provide for commingling. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 6, 2025 Mr. Hunt introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to provide for commingling. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. COMMINGLING UNDER MINERAL LEASING ACT. Section 17 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 226) is amended-- (1) by redesignating subsections (h) through (q) as subsections (i) through (r), respectively; and (2) by inserting after subsection (g) the following: ``(h) Commingling.--To promote and allow for the minimization of surface disturbing activities, the Secretary of the Interior shall approve applications allowing for the commingling of production from two or more sources (including oil and gas leases, unit participating areas, communitized areas, or non-Federal or non-Indian properties) before production reaches the point of royalty measurement regardless of ownership, the royalty rates or the number or percentage of acres for each such source. Provided that the applicant agrees to either install measurement devices for each source or utilize an allocation meter or method that achieves volume measurement uncertainly levels within plus or minus 2 percent during the production phase reported on a monthly basis.''. <all>