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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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 12, 2015 

Mrs. LUMMIS (for herself, Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico, 

Mr. PEARCE, Mr. BEN RAY LUJA ́N of New Mexico, Mr. STEWART, and 

Mr. TIPTON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on 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 and in lieu 

18 of any payments to the State under subsection (a), 

19 the Secretary of the Interior shall convey to the 

20 State all right, title, and interest in and to the per21 centage specified in that subsection for that State of 

22 all amounts otherwise required to be paid into the 

23 Treasury under that subsection from sales, bonuses, 

24 royalties (including interest charges), and rentals for 

25 all public land or deposits located in the State. 


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1 ‘‘(2) AMOUNT.—Notwithstanding any other 

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

3 paragraph (1), any person shall pay directly to the 

4 State any amount owed by the person for which the 

5 right, title, and interest has been conveyed to the 

6 State under this subsection. 

7 ‘‘(3) NOTICE.—The Secretary of the Interior 

8 shall promptly provide to each holder of a lease of 

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

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

11 is conveyed under this subsection notice that— 

12 ‘‘(A) the Secretary of the Interior has con13 veyed to the State all right, title, and interest 

14 in and to the amounts referred to in paragraph 

15 (1); and 

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

17 amounts directly to the State.’’. 

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