2013-11-07 Introduced in Senate Return Our State Shares Act - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to exempt the following payments to states from any presidential sequestration order issued under that Act:

• Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration (14-5029-0-2-303),
• Financial assistance to states pursuant to the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 from the Land Acquisition and State Assistance account (14-5035-0-2-303),
• Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund (20-8625-0-7-452),
• Payments of states' shares from certain Gulf of Mexico leases (14-5535-0-2-302),
• Payments to states under the Mineral Leasing Act and associated payments (14-5003-0-2-999), and
• Sport Fish Restoration (14-8151-0-7-303).

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