The Abundant American Resources Act directs three federal agencies—the Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Forest Service, and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management—to assess and report the dollar value of minerals on federal lands and waters under their control. Specifically, the studies must evaluate onshore and offshore areas that were protected from mining or mineral development, including national monuments designated after 1999 and areas withdrawn from mining operations, while excluding older monuments and national parks. The agencies have three years from the bill's enactment to complete these assessments, which they may conduct themselves or contract to private entities. The bill does not authorize actual mining or drilling on these lands; it simply requires inventories of mineral resources as a first step toward understanding the economic potential of protected federal areas.
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