[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 951 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 951

   To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to require the Secretary of the 
Interior to convey to a State all right, title, and interest in and to 
 a percentage of the amount of royalties and other amounts required to 
  be paid to the State under that Act with respect to public land and 
             deposits in the State, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 14, 2013

   Mr. Enzi (for himself, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Mr. Barrasso, Ms. 
    Heitkamp, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Hoeven, and Mr. Risch) 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 Mineral Leasing Act to require the Secretary of the 
Interior to convey to a State all right, title, and interest in and to 
 a percentage of the amount of royalties and other amounts required to 
  be paid to the State under that Act with respect to public land and 
             deposits in the State, and for other purposes.

    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 ``State Mineral Revenue Protection 
Act''.

SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE TO STATES OF PROPERTY INTEREST IN STATE SHARE OF 
              ROYALTIES AND OTHER PAYMENTS.

    Section 35 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191) is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence of subsection (a), by striking 
        ``shall be paid into the Treasury'' and inserting ``shall, 
        except as provided in subsection (d), be paid into the 
        Treasury'';
            (2) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ``and except as 
        provided in subsection (d)'' before ``, any rentals''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Conveyance to States of Property Interest in State Share.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        law, on request of a State (other than the State of Alaska) and 
        in lieu of any payments to the State under subsection (a), the 
        Secretary of the Interior shall convey to the State all right, 
        title, and interest in and to 50 percent of all amounts 
        otherwise required to be paid into the Treasury under 
        subsection (a) from sales, bonuses, royalties (including 
        interest charges), and rentals for all public land or deposits 
        located in the State.
            ``(2) State of alaska.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
        of law, on request of the State of Alaska and in lieu of any 
        payments to the State under subsection (a), the Secretary of 
        the Interior shall convey to the State all right, title, and 
        interest in and to 90 percent of all amounts otherwise required 
        to be paid into the Treasury under subsection (a) from sales, 
        bonuses, royalties (including interest charges), and rentals 
        for all public land or deposits located in the State.
            ``(3) Amount.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
        after a conveyance to a State under paragraph (1) or (2), any 
        person shall pay directly to the State any amount owed by the 
        person for which the right, title, and interest has been 
        conveyed to the State under this subsection.
            ``(4) Notice.--The Secretary of the Interior shall promptly 
        provide to each holder of a lease of public land to which 
        subsection (a) applies that are located in a State to which 
        right, title, and interest is conveyed under this subsection 
        notice that--
                    ``(A) the Secretary of the Interior has conveyed to 
                the State all right, title, and interest in and to the 
                amounts referred to in paragraph (1) or (2); and
                    ``(B) the leaseholder is required to pay the 
                amounts directly to the State.''.