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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3460 
To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to require that a portion of revenues 
from new Federal mineral and geothermal leases be paid to States 
for use to supplement the education of students in kindergarten through 
grade 12 and public support of institutions of higher education, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 12, 2013 
Mr. TIPTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Education 
and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to require that a portion 
of revenues from new Federal mineral and geothermal 
leases be paid to States for use to supplement the edu-
cation of students in kindergarten through grade 12 
and public support of institutions of higher education, 
and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Education and Energy 
Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. USE OF REVENUES FROM NEW FEDERAL MINERAL 
AND GEOTHERMAL LEASES FOR PAYMENTS 
TO STATE FOR EDUCATION. 
Section 35(a) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 
191) is amended by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before the first sen-
tence, and by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(2)(A) Of amounts otherwise required under 
paragraph (1) to be deposited into the general fund 
of the Treasury each fiscal year that are derived 
from leases for tracts located in a State, the Sec-
retary shall pay to the State 33 percent for use to 
supplement the education of students in kinder-
garten through grade 12 and to supplement public 
support of institutions of higher education. 
‘‘(B) Of the amounts otherwise required under 
paragraph (1) to be deposited into the general fund 
of the Treasury each fiscal year that are not re-
quired to be used for payments under subparagraph 
(A) of this paragraph, the Secretary shall pay to 
States, in equal amounts, 17 percent for use to sup-
plement the education of students in kindergarten 
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through grade 12 and to supplement public support 
of institutions of higher education. 
‘‘(C) Subparagraphs (A) and (B) shall apply 
only with respect to amounts that— 
‘‘(i) are received by the United States under 
leases entered into under this Act and the Geo-
thermal Steam Act of 1970 after the date of enact-
ment of the Education and Energy Act of 2013; and 
‘‘(ii) exceed the amount of revenues that the 
Congressional Budget Office previously estimated 
would be received under such leases in the fiscal 
year. 
‘‘(D) Subparagraphs (A) and (B) shall not 
apply with respect to amounts required by para-
graph (1) to be paid into, reserved, appropriated, as 
part of the reclamation fund.’’. 
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