A bill to amend the Mineral Lands Leasing Act to require competitive bidding in oil and gas lands set apart for military or naval purposes, and to expand leasing by competitive bid 2 1/2 miles outside known geological structures of a producing oil or gas field.

Amends the Mineral Lands Leasing Act to require competitive bidding in oil and gas lands set apart for military or naval purposes, and to expand the area to be leased by competitive bid two and one-half miles outside known geological structures of a producing oil or gas field.