To provide for the leasing of certain deposits of minerals located within the City of Carlsbad, New Mexico.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7882 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7882 To provide for the leasing of certain deposits of minerals located within the City of Carlsbad, New Mexico. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 9, 2026 Mr. Stauber introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To provide for the leasing of certain deposits of minerals located within the City of Carlsbad, New Mexico. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. LEASING OF CERTAIN DEPOSITS OF MINERALS LOCATED WITHIN CITY OF CARLSBAD, NEW MEXICO. (a) In General.--Notwithstanding the exclusion in the first section of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181) or the first sentence of section 3 of the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands (30 U.S.C. 352) with respect to incorporated cities, towns, and villages, and subject to written consent provided by th…