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Union Calendar No. 464 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7377 

[Report No. 118–562] 

To amend the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 to 

improve the management of royalties from oil and gas leases, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 15, 2024 

Mr. HUNT (for himself, Mr. NEHLS, Mr. WEBER of Texas, and Mr. BABIN) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 

Natural Resources 

JUNE 27, 2024 

Additional sponsors: Ms. Hageman, Mr. Self, and Mr. Graves of Louisiana 

JUNE 27, 2024 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 15, 2024] 


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A BILL 

To amend the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management 

Act of 1982 to improve the management of royalties 

from oil and gas leases, and for other purposes. 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Royalty Resiliency Act’’. 

3 SEC. 2. DETERMINATION OF ALLOCATIONS OF PRODUC4 TION FOR UNITS AND COMMUNITIZATION 

5 AGREEMENTS. 

6 Section 111(j) of the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty 

7 Management Act of 1982 (30 U.S.C. 1721(j)), as amended 

8 by the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Simplification and 

9 Fairness Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–185), is amended 

10 to read as follows: 

11 ‘‘(j) The Secretary shall issue all determinations of al12 locations of production for units and communitization 

13 agreements within 120 days of a request for determination. 

14 Until the Secretary issues the determination, the lessee or 

15 its designee of a lease in a unit or communitization agree16 ment shall report and pay royalties on oil and gas produc17 tion for each production month in accordance with the 

18 terms of the proposed allocation of production for the unit 

19 or communitization agreement. After the Secretary issues 

20 the determination, the lessee or its designee shall, as nec21 essary, correct such reports and the amount of royalties 

22 paid on oil and gas production under the unit or 

23 communitization agreement by not later than the end of 

24 the third month following the month in which the lessee or 

25 its designee receives the determination from the Secretary. 

26 Subject to the full and timely monthly payment of royalties 


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1 to all parties in accordance with the terms of the proposed 

2 allocation of production for the unit or communitization 

3 agreement, the Secretary shall waive interest due on obliga4 tions subject to the determination until the end of the third 

5 month following the month in which the lessee or its des6 ignee receives the determination from the Secretary. This 

7 subsection shall not apply to unit or communization agree8 ments containing Indian lands.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 464 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7377 

[Report No. 118–562] 

A BILL 

To amend the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Manpurposes. of royalties from oil and gas leases, and for other agement Act of 1982 to improve the management 

JUNE 27, 2024 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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