[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2317 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

  2d Session
                                S. 2317

                   To limit the royalty on soda ash.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 8, 2004

  Mr. Thomas introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
                   To limit the royalty on soda ash.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SODA ASH ROYALTIES.

    Section 24 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 262) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Sec. 24. That upon'' and inserting the 
        following:

``SEC. 24. LEASES.

    ``(a) In General.--Upon''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Soda Ash Royalties.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), during 
the 5-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this 
subsection, the royalty rate applicable to any soda ash lease entered 
into under subsection (a) before, on, or after the date of enactment of 
this subsection shall be 2 percent.''.
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