[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5240 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5240

  To restore equitable sharing with affected States of revenues from 
                    onshore Federal mineral leases.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 6, 2008

  Mr. Udall of Colorado (for himself and Mr. Salazar) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
                               Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To restore equitable sharing with affected States of revenues from 
                    onshore Federal mineral leases.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Equitable Mineral Lease Revenue 
Sharing Restoration Act''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT TO DEDUCT FROM AMOUNT OTHERWISE PAYABLE 
              TO EACH STATE.

    Title I of the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 (Division F of Public Law 110-161) is 
amended under the heading ``Minerals Management Service'', under the 
heading ``administrative provisions'', by repealing the second 
undesignated paragraph.
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