H.R. 1926

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1926 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1926

To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to provide for commingling.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 6, 2025

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

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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.''.
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