[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1144 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1144

   To amend the Soda Ash Royalty Reduction Act of 2006 to extend the 
                   reduced royalty rate for soda ash.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 6, 2011

   Mr. Wyden (for himself, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Barrasso, and Mr. Merkley) 
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 amend the Soda Ash Royalty Reduction Act of 2006 to extend the 
                   reduced royalty rate for soda ash.

    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 ``Soda Ash Competition Act''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF REDUCTION IN ROYALTY RATE ON SODA ASH.

    Section 102 of the Soda Ash Royalty Reduction Act of 2006 (Public 
Law 109-338; 30 U.S.C. 262 note) is amended by striking ``5-year'' and 
inserting ``10-year''.
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