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[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 945 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 945

   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.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 12, 2015

Mrs. Lummis (for herself, Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, Mr. 
Pearce, Mr. Ben Ray Lujaan of New Mexico, Mr. Stewart, and Mr. Tipton) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 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.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``State Mineral Revenue Protection 
Act''.

SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE TO STATES OF PROPERTY INTEREST IN STATE SHARE OF 
              ROYALTIES AND OTHER PAYMENTS.

    Section 35 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191) is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence of subsection (a), by striking 
        ``shall be paid into the Treasury'' and inserting ``shall, 
        except as provided in subsection (d), be paid into the 
        Treasury'';
            (2) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ``and except as 
        provided in subsection (d)'' before ``, any rentals''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Conveyance to States of Property Interest in State Share.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        law, on request of a State and in lieu of any payments to the 
        State under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Interior shall 
        convey to the State all right, title, and interest in and to 
        the percentage specified in that subsection for that State of 
        all amounts otherwise required to be paid into the Treasury 
        under that subsection from sales, bonuses, royalties (including 
        interest charges), and rentals for all public land or deposits 
        located in the State.
            ``(2) Amount.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
        after a conveyance to a State under paragraph (1), any person 
        shall pay directly to the State any amount owed by the person 
        for which the right, title, and interest has been conveyed to 
        the State under this subsection.
            ``(3) Notice.--The Secretary of the Interior shall promptly 
        provide to each holder of a lease of public land to which 
        subsection (a) applies that are located in a State to which 
        right, title, and interest is conveyed under this subsection 
        notice that--
                    ``(A) the Secretary of the Interior has conveyed to 
                the State all right, title, and interest in and to the 
                amounts referred to in paragraph (1); and
                    ``(B) the leaseholder is required to pay the 
                amounts directly to the State.''.
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