[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3730 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3730

   To direct the Secretary of the Interior to publish in the Federal 
 Register a list of States that have not submitted certain information 
       required under chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 5, 2010

   Mr. Ensign (for himself, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, and Mr. Begich) 
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 direct the Secretary of the Interior to publish in the Federal 
 Register a list of States that have not submitted certain information 
       required under chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code.

    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 ``Payment in Lieu of Taxes Amendments 
Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES.

    Section 6903 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(e) Congressional Notification.--The Secretary of the Interior 
shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
Representatives a list of States that have not submitted to the 
Secretary the data required to calculate payments under this title by 
January 15 of each year.
    ``(f) Publication.--The Secretary of the Interior shall--
            ``(1) publish in the Federal Register and on the Department 
        of the Interior website a list of States that have not 
        submitted to the Secretary the data required to calculate 
        payments under this title by February 1 of each year; and
            ``(2) update the list published on the Department of the 
        Interior website under paragraph (1) to reflect any changes in 
        the list.
    ``(g) Issuance of Payments.--Not later than May 1 of each fiscal 
year, the Secretary of the Interior shall issue the payments authorized 
under this chapter.''.
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