[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 8 (Friday, January 16, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S243]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 45. Mr. HATCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2 proposed by Ms. Murkowski (for herself, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. 
Barrasso, Mr. Risch, Mr. Lee, Mr. Flake, Mr. Daines, Mr. Manchin, Mr. 
Cassidy, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Portman, Mr. Alexander, and Mrs. Capito) to 
the bill S. 1, to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. PRIORITIZATION OF CERTAIN FEDERAL REVENUES.

       Section 35 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191) is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking the section designation and all that 
     follows through ``All money received'' in the first sentence 
     of subsection (a) and inserting the following:

     ``SEC. 35. DISPOSITION OF MONEY RECEIVED.

       ``(a) Disposition.--
       ``(1) In general.--All money received'';
       (2) in subsection (a)--
       (A) in the second sentence, by striking ``All moneys 
     received'' and inserting the following:
       ``(2) Amounts to miscellaneous receipts.--
       ``(A) In general.--All money received'';
       (B) in the third sentence, by striking ``Payments to 
     States'' and inserting the following:
       ``(3) Deadlines.--Payments to States''; and
       (C) in paragraph (2) (as designated by subparagraph (A)), 
     by adding at the end the following:
       ``(B) Prioritization of revenues.--
       ``(i) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     this Act, if, after the date of enactment of the Keystone XL 
     Pipeline Act, the Secretary or Congress increases a royalty 
     rate under this Act (as in effect on the day before the date 
     of enactment of the Keystone XL Pipeline Act), of the amount 
     described in clause (ii), there shall be deposited annually 
     in a special account in the Treasury only such funds as are 
     necessary to fulfill the staffing requirements of the 
     agencies responsible for activities relating to--

       ``(I) coordinating or permitting Federal oil and gas 
     leases;
       ``(II) permits to drill and applications for permits to 
     drill (APDs); and
       ``(III) compliance with the National Environmental Policy 
     Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).

       ``(ii) Description of amount.--The amount referred to in 
     clause (i) is an amount equal to the difference between--

       ``(I) the amounts credited to miscellaneous receipts under 
     paragraph (1), taking into account the increased royalty rate 
     under this Act, as described in clause (i); and
       ``(II) the amounts credited to miscellaneous receipts under 
     paragraph (1), as in effect on the day before the effective 
     date of such an increased royalty rate.''; and

       (3) in subsection (c)(2)--
       (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses 
     (i) and (ii), respectively, and indenting the clauses 
     appropriately;
       (B) by striking ``(2) Of'' and inserting the following:
       ``(2) Use of funds.--
       ``(A) In general.--Of''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(B) Prioritization.--
       ``(i) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     this Act, if, after the date of enactment of the Keystone XL 
     Pipeline Act, the Secretary or Congress increases a rental 
     rate under this Act (as in effect on the day before the date 
     of enactment of the Keystone XL Pipeline Act), of the money 
     deposited in the Fund under subparagraph (A)(ii), only such 
     funds as are necessary from the amount described in clause 
     (ii) shall be used to fulfill the staffing requirements of 
     the agencies responsible for activities relating to--

       ``(I) coordinating or permitting Federal oil and gas 
     leases;
       ``(II) permits to drill and applications for permits to 
     drill (APDs); and
       ``(III) compliance with the National Environmental Policy 
     Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).

       ``(ii) Description of amount.--The amount referred to in 
     clause (i) is an amount equal to the difference between--

       ``(I) the amounts deposited in the Fund under subparagraph 
     (A)(ii), taking into account the increased rental rate under 
     this Act, as described in clause (i); and
       ``(II) the amounts of the money deposited in the Fund under 
     subparagraph (A)(ii), as in effect on the day before the 
     effective date of such an increased rental rate.''.

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