3.0.0 2314 2023-01-13T04:49:03Z 2023-01-13T04:49:03Z Senate S S 2006-02-16 109 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-02-16T23:11:02Z Royalty Relief for American Consumers Act of 2006 109 4749 HR 2006-02-17 Executive Comment Requested from Interior. Related bill CRS 2006-02-16 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2006-02-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA N S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2006-02-16 True K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2006-02-16 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2006-02-16 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2006-02-17 False C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2006-03-01 False C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2006-03-28 False Public Lands and Natural Resources Commerce Energy Energy prices Gas industry Oil and gas leases Oil and gas royalties Petroleum industry Subsidies Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2006-02-16 Introduced in Senate 2006-03-23T18:15:51Z Royalty Relief for American Consumers Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to suspend royalty relief from any federal requirement to pay royalty (thus requiring the payment of royalties to the federal government) for production oil or natural gas from federal lands (including submerged land) during any period in which specified prices apply to either crude oil or natural gas.

Instructs the Secretary to renegotiate certain existing leases authorizing production of oil or natural gas on federal land to conform with this Act.

Conditions eligibility for renewal of such leases or new leases for existing lessees upon compliance with this Act.

]]> Royalty Relief Act of 2006 Display Title Royalty Relief Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced A bill to suspend the application of any provision of Federal law under which persons are relieved from the requirement to pay royalties for production of oil or natural gas from Federal lands in periods of high oil and natural gas prices, to require the Secretary to seek to renegotiate existing oil and natural gas leases to similarly limit suspension of royalty obligations under such leases, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Royalty Relief Act of 2006 Introduced in Senate 2006-02-16T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s2314is/xml/BILLS-109s2314is.xml 2006-02-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.