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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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Payment In Lieu of 
Lost Revenues Act’’ or the ‘‘PILLR Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO MAKE PAYMENTS. 
For any year during which Federal oil and gas leas-
ing of Federal land within a State does not occur or is 
otherwise affected in a manner that results in lost revenue 
to that State as a result of an order, moratorium, pause, 
or other action by the President, the Secretary of the Inte-
rior, Secretary of Agriculture, or other designated official, 
the Secretary of the Interior shall make a payment to that 
State from Federal mineral royalties, subject to further 
appropriation, in an amount determined under section 3. 
SEC. 3. AMOUNT OF PAYMENTS. 
(a) AMOUNT.—A payment to a State shall seek to 
compensate the State for lost revenues, including oil and 
gas lease rentals, bonuses and royalties, and tax revenues 
due to an order, moratorium, pause or other action de-
scribed in section 2, and shall be in an amount calculated 
by the Secretary of the Interior equal to the sum of— 
(1) an amount equal to the 10-year average dis-
bursement amount to the State from the Office of 
Natural Resources and Revenue for oil and gas lease 
bonuses and rentals, and other similar non-royalty 
disbursements from Federal oil and gas leases, less 
the amount actually received by the State for such 
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Federal lease bonuses and rentals during the fiscal 
year in which the order, moratorium, or pause was 
in effect; 
(2) an amount equal to the product of— 
(A) the 10-year average disbursement 
amount to the State from the Office of Natural 
Resources and Revenue for oil and gas lease 
production royalties based on data collected for 
the previous 10 years; and 
(B) the 10-year average of the percentage 
of oil and gas production that is derived from 
new wells drilled during such year determined 
from data submitted by the relevant State oil 
and gas regulatory agency based on data col-
lected for the previous 10 years; and 
(3) an amount equal to the product of— 
(A) the lost royalties as calculated under 
paragraph (2); and 
(B) the average rate of severance, ad valo-
rem, and production taxes imposed by the State 
during the previous 10 years on oil and gas ex-
tracted in such State, determined from data 
submitted by the State based on data collected 
for the previous 10 years. 
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(b) ADJUSTMENTS.—On October 1 of each year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall ad-
just each payment amount calculated in accordance with 
subsection (a) to reflect changes in the Consumer Price 
Index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the 
Department of Labor, for the 12 months ending the pre-
ceding June 30. 
(c) CORRECTION OF UNDER-PAYMENTS.—The Sec-
retary of the Interior shall use amounts made available 
for payments under this section from Federal mineral roy-
alties to correct under-payments to a State in the previous 
fiscal year. The Secretary of the Interior shall allocate 
amounts under this subsection so as to achieve equity in 
payments among States eligible for payments under this 
Act. 
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