Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 101 Part 2.djvu/1056

 101 STAT. 1330-262

PUBLIC LAW 100-203—DEC. 22, 1987

(4) such other data and information as will facilitate— (A) an assessment of the onshore oil and gas leasing system, and •* (B) a comparison of the system as revised by this subtitle with the system in operation prior to the enactment of this subtitle. 30 USC 226 note.

SEC.."il 11. LAND USE STUDY.

The National Academy of Sciences and the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study of the manner in which oil and gas resources are considered in the land use plans developed by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with provisions of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (90 Stat. 2743) and the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (88 Stat. 476), as amended by the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (90 Stat. 2949), and recommend any improvements that may be necessary to ensure that— (1) potential oil and gas resources are adequately addressed in planning documents; (2) the social, economic, and environmental consequences of exploration and development of oil and gas resources are determined; and (3) any stipulations to be applied to oil and gas leases are clearly identified. SEC. 5112. LANDS NOT SUBJECT TO OIL AND GAS LEASING.

The Act of February 25, 1920, is amended by adding the following at the end thereof: 30 USC 226-3.

"SEC. 43. LANDS NOT SUBJECT TO OIL AND GAS LEASING.

"(a) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary shall not issue any oil and gas lease under this Act on any of the following Federal lands: "(1) Lands recommended for wilderness allocation by the surface managing agency. "(2) Lands within Bureau of Land Management wilderness study areas. "(3) Lands designated by Congress as wilderness study areas, except where oil and gas leasing is specifically allowed to continue by the statute designating the study area. "(4) Lands within areas allocated for wilderness or further planning in Executive Communication 1504, Ninety-Sixth Congress (House Document numbered 96-119), unless such lands are allocated to uses other than wilderness by a land and resource management plan or have been released to uses other than wilderness by an act of Congress. "(b) EXPLORATION.—In the case of any area of National Forest or public lands subject to this section, nothing in this section shall affect any authority of the Secretary of the Interior (or for National Forest Lands reserved from the public domain, the Secretary of Agriculture) to issue permits for exploration for oil and gas by means not requiring construction of roads or improvement of existing roads if such activity is conducted in a manner compatible with the preservation of the wilderness environment.".

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