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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 951 

To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to require the Secretary of the Interior 

to convey to a State all right, title, and interest in and to a percentage 

of the amount of royalties and other amounts required to be paid to 

the State under that Act with respect to public land and deposits in 

the State, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 14, 2013 

Mr. ENZI (for himself, Mr. UDALL of New Mexico, Mr. BARRASSO, Ms. 

HEITKAMP, Mr. HATCH, Mr. HOEVEN, and Mr. RISCH) introduced the 

following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to require the Secretary 

of the Interior to convey to a State all right, title, and 

interest in and to a percentage of the amount of royalties 

and other amounts required to be paid to the State 

under that Act with respect to public land and deposits 

in the State, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘State Mineral Revenue 

5 Protection Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE TO STATES OF PROPERTY INTEREST 

2 IN STATE SHARE OF ROYALTIES AND OTHER 

3 PAYMENTS. 

4 Section 35 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 

5 191) is amended— 

6 (1) in the first sentence of subsection (a), by 

7 striking ‘‘shall be paid into the Treasury’’ and in8 serting ‘‘shall, except as provided in subsection (d), 

9 be paid into the Treasury’’; 

10 (2) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ‘‘and ex11 cept as provided in subsection (d)’’ before ‘‘, any 

12 rentals’’; and 

13 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(d) CONVEYANCE TO STATES OF PROPERTY INTER15 EST IN STATE SHARE.— 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 

17 provision of law, on request of a State (other than 

18 the State of Alaska) and in lieu of any payments to 

19 the State under subsection (a), the Secretary of the 

20 Interior shall convey to the State all right, title, and 

21 interest in and to 50 percent of all amounts other22 wise required to be paid into the Treasury under 

23 subsection (a) from sales, bonuses, royalties (includ24 ing interest charges), and rentals for all public land 

25 or deposits located in the State. 


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1 ‘‘(2) STATE OF ALASKA.—Notwithstanding any 

2 other provision of law, on request of the State of 

3 Alaska and in lieu of any payments to the State 

4 under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Interior 

5 shall convey to the State all right, title, and interest 

6 in and to 90 percent of all amounts otherwise re7 quired to be paid into the Treasury under subsection 

8 (a) from sales, bonuses, royalties (including interest 

9 charges), and rentals for all public land or deposits 

10 located in the State. 

11 ‘‘(3) AMOUNT.—Notwithstanding any other 

12 provision of law, after a conveyance to a State under 

13 paragraph (1) or (2), any person shall pay directly 

14 to the State any amount owed by the person for 

15 which the right, title, and interest has been conveyed 

16 to the State under this subsection. 

17 ‘‘(4) NOTICE.—The Secretary of the Interior 

18 shall promptly provide to each holder of a lease of 

19 public land to which subsection (a) applies that are 

20 located in a State to which right, title, and interest 

21 is conveyed under this subsection notice that— 

22 ‘‘(A) the Secretary of the Interior has con23 veyed to the State all right, title, and interest 

24 in and to the amounts referred to in paragraph 

25 (1) or (2); and 


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1 ‘‘(B) the leaseholder is required to pay the 

2 amounts directly to the State.’’. 


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