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[CITE: 42USC7153]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 84--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
                 SUBCHAPTER III--TRANSFERS OF FUNCTIONS
 
Sec. 7153. Administration of leasing transfers


(a) Authority retained by Secretary of the Interior

    The Secretary of the Interior shall retain any authorities not 
transferred under section 7152(b) \1\ of this title and shall be solely 
responsible for the issuance and supervision of Federal leases and the 
enforcement of all regulations applicable to the leasing of mineral 
resources, including but not limited to lease terms and conditions and 
production rates. No regulation promulgated by the Secretary shall 
restrict or limit any authority retained by the Secretary of the 
Interior under section 7152(b) \1\ of this title with respect to the 
issuance or supervision of Federal leases. Nothing in section 7152(b) 
\1\ of this title shall be construed to affect Indian lands and 
resources or to transfer any functions of the Secretary of the Interior 
concerning such lands and resources.
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    \1\ See References in Text note below.
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(b) Consultation with Secretary of the Interior with respect to 
        promulgation of regulations

    In exercising the authority under section 7152(b) \1\ of this title 
to promulgate regulations, the Secretary shall consult with the 
Secretary of the Interior during the preparation of such regulations and 
shall afford the Secretary of the Interior not less than thirty days, 
prior to the date on which the Department first publishes or otherwise 
prescribes regulations, to comment on the content and effect of such 
regulations.

(c) Repealed. Pub. L. 97-100, title II, Sec. 201, Dec. 23, 1981, 95 
        Stat. 1407

(d) Preparation of environmental impact statement

    The Department of the Interior shall be the lead agency for the 
purpose of preparation of an environmental impact statement required by 
section 4332(2)(C) of this title for any action with respect to the 
Federal leases taken under the authority of this section, unless the 
action involves only matters within the exclusive authority of the 
Secretary.

(Pub. L. 95-91, title III, Sec. 303, Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 579; Pub. L. 
97-100, title II, Sec. 201, Dec. 23, 1981, 95 Stat. 1407.)

                       References in Text

    Section 7152(b) of this title, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (b), 
was repealed by Pub. L. 97-100, title II, Sec. 201, Dec. 23, 1981, 95 
Stat. 1407.


                               Amendments

    1981--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 97-100 struck out subsec. (c) which 
afforded the Secretary of Energy the opportunity to disapprove any terms 
and conditions on which the Secretary of the Interior proposed to issue 
a Federal lease.
