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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6086 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to compensate States for lost revenue 

for any year during which Federal oil and gas leasing of Federal land 

within a State does not occur or otherwise results in lost revenue to 

that State as a result of an order, moratorium, pause, or other action 

by the President, Secretary of the Interior, Secretary of Agriculture, 

or other designated official. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 30, 2021 

Ms. CHENEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to compensate States 

for lost revenue for any year during which Federal oil 

and gas leasing of Federal land within a State does 

not occur or otherwise results in lost revenue to that 

State as a result of an order, moratorium, pause, or 

other action by the President, Secretary of the Interior, 

Secretary of Agriculture, or other designated official. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Payment In Lieu of 

3 Lost Revenues Act’’ or the ‘‘PILLR Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO MAKE PAYMENTS. 

5 For any year during which Federal oil and gas leas6 ing of Federal land within a State does not occur or is 

7 otherwise affected in a manner that results in lost revenue 

8 to that State as a result of an order, moratorium, pause, 

9 or other action by the President, the Secretary of the Inte10 rior, Secretary of Agriculture, or other designated official, 

11 the Secretary of the Interior shall make a payment to that 

12 State from Federal mineral royalties, subject to further 

13 appropriation, in an amount determined under section 3. 

14 SEC. 3. AMOUNT OF PAYMENTS. 

15 (a) AMOUNT.—A payment to a State shall seek to 

16 compensate the State for lost revenues, including oil and 

17 gas lease rentals, bonuses and royalties, and tax revenues 

18 due to an order, moratorium, pause or other action de19 scribed in section 2, and shall be in an amount calculated 

20 by the Secretary of the Interior equal to the sum of— 

21 (1) an amount equal to the 10-year average dis22 bursement amount to the State from the Office of 

23 Natural Resources and Revenue for oil and gas lease 

24 bonuses and rentals, and other similar non-royalty 

25 disbursements from Federal oil and gas leases, less 

26 the amount actually received by the State for such 


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1 Federal lease bonuses and rentals during the fiscal 

2 year in which the order, moratorium, or pause was 

3 in effect; 

4 (2) an amount equal to the product of— 

5 (A) the 10-year average disbursement 

6 amount to the State from the Office of Natural 

7 Resources and Revenue for oil and gas lease 

8 production royalties based on data collected for 

9 the previous 10 years; and 

10 (B) the 10-year average of the percentage 

11 of oil and gas production that is derived from 

12 new wells drilled during such year determined 

13 from data submitted by the relevant State oil 

14 and gas regulatory agency based on data col15 lected for the previous 10 years; and 

16 (3) an amount equal to the product of— 

17 (A) the lost royalties as calculated under 

18 paragraph (2); and 

19 (B) the average rate of severance, ad valo20 rem, and production taxes imposed by the State 

21 during the previous 10 years on oil and gas ex22 tracted in such State, determined from data 

23 submitted by the State based on data collected 

24 for the previous 10 years. 


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1 (b) ADJUSTMENTS.—On October 1 of each year after 

2 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall ad3 just each payment amount calculated in accordance with 

4 subsection (a) to reflect changes in the Consumer Price 

5 Index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the 

6 Department of Labor, for the 12 months ending the pre7 ceding June 30. 

8 (c) CORRECTION OF UNDER-PAYMENTS.—The Sec9 retary of the Interior shall use amounts made available 

10 for payments under this section from Federal mineral roy11 alties to correct under-payments to a State in the previous 

12 fiscal year. The Secretary of the Interior shall allocate 

13 amounts under this subsection so as to achieve equity in 

14 payments among States eligible for payments under this 

15 Act. 

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