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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1517 

To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the distribution of 

a share of certain mineral revenues to the State of Colorado, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 24, 2007 

Mr. ALLARD introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the 

distribution of a share of certain mineral revenues to 

the State of Colorado, 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 ‘‘Oil Shale Reserve 

5 Fund Revenue Disposition Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DISPOSITION OF QUALIFIED OIL SHALE REVENUES. 

7 Section 7439 of title 10, United States Code, is 

8 amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (f)— 


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1 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

2 (i) by striking ‘‘all moneys received 

3 during the period specified in paragraph 

4 (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘during the period be5 ginning on November 18, 1997, and end6 ing on December 31, 2017, all amounts re7 ceived’’; and 

8 (ii) by striking ‘‘and shall not be sub9 ject to the distribution to the states pursu10 ant to subsection (a) of such section 35’’ 

11 and inserting ‘‘for distribution in accord12 ance with subsection (g)’’; and 

13 (B) by striking paragraph (2) and insert14 ing the following: 

15 ‘‘(2) Any amounts deposited under paragraph 

16 (1) shall not be subject to distribution to the States 

17 under section 35(a) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 

18 U.S.C. 191(a)).’’; and 

19 (2) by striking subsection (g) and inserting the 

20 following: 

21 ‘‘(g) USE OF REVENUES.— 

22 ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

23 ‘‘(A) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ 

24 means the Secretary of the Interior. 


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1 ‘‘(B) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means the 

2 State of Colorado. 

3 ‘‘(C) STATE FUND.—The term ‘State fund’ 

4 means the oil shale special fund established 

5 under Colo. Rev. Stat. 34–63–104. 

6 ‘‘(2) DISTRIBUTION OF REVENUES.—Of the 

7 amounts deposited in the general fund of the Treas8 ury under subsection (f)(1)— 

9 ‘‘(A) 50 percent shall be transferred from 

10 the Secretary of the Treasury to the State for 

11 deposit in the State fund, for use in accordance 

12 with paragraph (3); and 

13 ‘‘(B) 50 percent shall be deposited in a 

14 special account of the Treasury, to be available 

15 to the Secretary without further appropriation 

16 until expended, for use in accordance with para17 graph (4). 

18 ‘‘(3) USE OF STATE FUND.—Amounts deposited 

19 in the State fund under paragraph (2)(A) shall be 

20 used by the State in accordance with the provisions 

21 of the State fund to assist State agencies, school dis22 tricts, and political subdivisions of the State affected 

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1 viding facilities and services associated with the de2 velopment and production. 

3 ‘‘(4) USE OF SPECIAL ACCOUNT.— 

4 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

5 use amounts deposited in the special account 

6 under paragraph (2)(B) only for 1 or more of 

7 the following purposes: 

8 ‘‘(i) Any necessary environmental res9 toration, waste management, or environ10 mental compliance activities with respect 

11 to Oil Shale Reserve Numbered 3 that 

12 are— 

13 ‘‘(I) the responsibility of the 

14 United States; and 

15 ‘‘(II)(aa) identified in the report 

16 relating to Oil Shale Reserve Num17 bered 3 submitted by the Secretary to 

18 Congress in November 2005; or 

19 ‘‘(bb) identified by the Secretary 

20 after the date of the submission of the 

21 report described in item (aa). 

22 ‘‘(ii) Any necessary additional anal23 ysis, site characterization, and geotechnical 

24 studies or monitoring that the Secretary 

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1 ronmental restoration, waste management, 

2 or environmental compliance with respect 

3 to Oil Shale Reserve Numbered 3. 

4 ‘‘(iii) Financial assistance to local gov5 ernments in the States of Colorado, Utah, 

6 and Wyoming affected by the development 

7 and production of energy resources from 

8 oil shale land in the form of grants award9 ed in a manner prescribed by the Secretary 

10 to carry out planning for, and providing in11 frastructure that may be necessary to ad12 dress, community needs created by new en13 ergy production and development activities. 

14 ‘‘(iv) Financial assistance to the 

15 States of Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming 

16 for purposes of— 

17 ‘‘(I) conducting studies requested 

18 by the Secretary; or 

19 ‘‘(II) carrying out coordination 

20 and consultation activities under this 

21 section. 

22 ‘‘(v) Any additional administrative 

23 costs incurred by the Bureau of Land 

24 Management for the coordination and 

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1 eral land, inspection and enforcement ac2 tivities, and monitoring necessary to imple3 ment section 369 of the Energy Policy Act 

4 of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15927). 

5 ‘‘(B) COORDINATION.—To ensure account6 ability and demonstrated results, the Secretary 

7 shall coordinate with the Secretary of Energy, 

8 the State, local governments, and other inter9 ested persons in using amounts in the special 

10 account under this paragraph.’’. 

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