US Congress House Bill 945 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)
Status: Introduced on February 12 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-16 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

State Mineral Revenue Protection Act Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior, on the request of a state (other than Alaska) and in lieu of any payments to the state under the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 (FOGRMA), to convey to the state all right, title, and interest in and to the percentage specified in the FOGRMA for that state of all amounts otherwise required to be paid into the Treasury from sales, bonuses, royalties (including interest charges), and rentals for all public land or deposits located in the state. (Current law requires payment to a state of 50% of all money derived from such sales, bonuses, royalties, and rentals.) Requires any person, after a conveyance under this Act, to pay directly to the state any amount the person owes for which the right, title, and interest has been conveyed to the state. Requires the Secretary to provide prompt notice of any such conveyance, and the duty to make direct payments to the state involved, to each holder of a lease of public land to which this Act applies.

State Mineral Revenue Protection Act

Sen. Cynthia Lummis [R-WY]	Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]	Rep. Stevan Pearce [R-NM]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]
Rep. Chris Stewart [R-UT]	Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]	Rep. Paul Gosar [R-AZ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-16	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
2015-02-12	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
2015-02-12	House	Introduced in House

SB500 (Same As) 2015-02-12 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/945/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr945/BILLS-114hr945ih.pdf