1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Bureau of Land Management Mineral Spacing Act . 2. Access to Federal energy resources from non-Federal surface estate Section 17 of the Mineral Leasing Act ( 30 U.S.C. 226 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (r) No federal permit required for oil and gas activities on certain land (1) In general The Secretary shall not require an operator to obtain a Federal drilling permit for oil and gas exploration and production activities conducted on non-Federal surface estate, provided that— (A) the United States holds an ownership interest of less than 50 percent of the subsurface mineral estate to be accessed by the proposed action; and (B) the operator submits to the Secretary a State permit to conduct oil and gas exploration and production activities on the non-Federal surface estate. (2) No federal action An oil and gas exploration and production activity carried out under paragraph (1)— (A) shall not be considered a major Federal action for the purposes of section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4332 ); (B) shall require no additional Federal action; (C) may commence 30 days after submission of the State permit to the Secretary; and (D) shall not be subject to— (i) section 306108 of title 54, United States Code (commonly known as the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966)