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136 STAT. 2058 PUBLIC LAW 117–169—AUG. 16, 2022 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any lease issued under this section, including a lease for tar sand areas, shall be for a primary term of 10 years. ‘‘(2) CONTINUATION OF LEASE.—A lease described in para- graph (1) shall continue after the primary term of the lease for any period during which oil or gas is produced in paying quantities. ‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL EXTENSIONS.—Any lease issued under this section for land on which, or for which under an approved cooperative or unit plan of development or operation, actual drilling operations were commenced and diligently prosecuted prior to the end of the primary term of the lease shall be extended for 2 years and for any period thereafter during which oil or gas is produced in paying quantities.’’. (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 31 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 188) is amended— (A) in subsection (d)(1), in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘or section 17(c) of this Act’’; (B) in subsection (e)— (i) in paragraph (2)— (I) by striking ‘‘either’’; and (II) by striking ‘‘or the inclusion’’ and all that follows through ‘‘, all’’; and (ii) in paragraph (3)— (I) in subparagraph (A), by adding ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; (II) by striking subparagraph (B); and (III) by striking ‘‘(3)(A) payment’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘(3) payment’’; (C) in subsection (g)— (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘as a competitive’’ and all that follows through ‘‘of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘in the same manner as the original lease issued pursu- ant to section 17’’; (ii) by striking paragraph (2); (iii) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and (iv) in paragraph (2) (as so redesignated), by striking ‘‘applicable to leases issued under subsection 17(c) of this Act (30 U.S.C. 226(c)) except,’’ and inserting ‘‘except’’; (D) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘subsections (d) and (f) of this section’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (d)’’; (E) in subsection (i), by striking ‘‘(i)(1) In acting’’ and all that follows through ‘‘of this section’’ in paragraph (2) and inserting the following: ‘‘(i) ROYALTY REDUCTION IN REINSTATED LEASES.— In acting on a petition for reinstatement pursuant to subsection (d)’’; (F) by striking subsection (f); and (G) by redesignating subsections (g) through (j) as sub- sections (f) through (i), respectively. SEC. 50263. ROYALTIES ON ALL EXTRACTED METHANE. (a) IN GENERAL.—For all leases issued after the date of enact- ment of this Act, except as provided in subsection (b), royalties 30 USC 1727. VerDate Sep 11 2014 15:35 Oct 25, 2022 Jkt 029139 PO 00169 Frm 00242 Fmt 6580 Sfmt 6581 E:\PUBLAW\PUBL169.117 PUBL169 jmbennett on LAP3P8D0R2PROD with Publaw