Who is affected and how:

• Mining, energy, and infrastructure project operators: Directly affected because these operators hold or interact with federal mineral leases; they may no longer be subject to the referenced administrative fee (as removed from statute) and will see reduced paperwork or cost if the fee had been applied in practice. The text provided does not specify the fee amount or whether collections will actually cease immediately.

• Entities in the United States (businesses, organizations, and persons operating domestically): Moderate impact because businesses that manage federal leases, royalties, or geothermal rights must update compliance documentation and references. Legal teams and accountants will need to revise citations used in contracts, permits, and compliance filings.

• Federal agencies (executive branch): Agencies administering mineral and geothermal leasing and royalty programs must revise regulations, internal procedures, forms, systems, and guidance to align with the revised statute and new subsection numbering. This will require administrative work but no new program creation.

• Producers and royalty payors: May see a small reduction in administrative cost burden if the removed fee was being assessed; conversely, if the fee had been a mechanism for covering administrative costs, agencies may need to absorb the cost or seek alternate funding, producing a minor budgetary effect.

Overall effect: The change is primarily a statutory cleanup to remove fee language and fix cross‑references. It simplifies statutory language and reduces potential confusion from misaligned citations. Any fiscal impact is likely small but unspecified; the agencies responsible for implementation will need to update administrative materials and may need to address any gap in fee‑funded administrative resources.