H.R. 3195 would revoke Public Land Order 7917, “Withdrawal of Federal Lands; Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis Counties, MN,” which was issued on January 31, 2023, by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The order, effective for 20 years and subject to valid existing rights, withdrew more than 225,000 acres of National Forest System land in Minnesota from mineral and geothermal leasing.
