American Soda Ash Competitiveness Act

Bill: 114-hr-1992
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Cook, Paul [R-CA-8]
Introduced: 2015-04-23
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Mining

User charges and fees
Latest action: action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 178.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-04-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>American Soda Ash Competitiveness Act</b></p> <p> Sets at 2%, for a five-year period, the royalty rate on the quantity or gross value of the output of sodium compounds and related products at the point of shipment to market from federal land.</p>

action_date: 2015-07-29
action_desc: Reported to House without amendment
text: <p>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)</p> <p><b>American Soda Ash Competitiveness Act</b></p> <p> (Sec. 2) Sets at 2%, for a five-year period, the royalty rate on the quantity or gross value of the output of sodium compounds and related products at the point of shipment to market from federal land.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1992 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 23, 2015 Mr. Cook (for himself, Mrs. Lummis , Mr. Himes , Mr. Brooks of Alabama , Ms. Bonamici , Mr. Valadao , Mr. Schrader , and Mrs. Mimi Walters of California ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To reduce temporarily the royalty required to be paid for sodium produced on Federal lands, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the American Soda Ash Competitiveness Act . 2. Reduction in royalty rate on soda ash Notwithstanding section 102(a)(9) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ( 43 U.S.C. 1701(a)(9) ), section 24 of the Mineral Leasing Act ( 30 U.S.C. 262 ), and the terms of any lease under that Act, the royalty rate on the quantity or gross value of the output of sodium compounds and related products at the point of shipment to market from Federal land in the 5-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act shall be 2 percent.

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 178 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1992 [Report No. 114–236] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 23, 2015 Mr. Cook (for himself, Mrs. Lummis , Mr. Himes , Mr. Brooks of Alabama , Ms. Bonamici , Mr. Valadao , Mr. Schrader , and Mrs. Mimi Walters of California ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources July 29, 2015 Additional sponsors: Mr. Yoder , Mr. Knight , Mr. Weber of Texas , and Mr. Cramer July 29, 2015 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed A BILL To reduce temporarily the royalty required to be paid for sodium produced on Federal lands, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the American Soda Ash Competitiveness Act . 2. Reduction in royalty rate on soda ash Notwithstanding section 102(a)(9) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ( 43 U.S.C. 1701(a)(9) ), section 24 of the Mineral Leasing Act ( 30 U.S.C. 262 ), and the terms of any lease under that Act, the royalty rate on the quantity or gross value of the output of sodium compounds and related products at the point of shipment to market from Federal land in the 5-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act shall be 2 percent.

July 29, 2015 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed