[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 17 (Thursday, January 28, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S355-S356]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3045. Mr. ENZI (for himself, Mr. Hatch, and Mr. Barrasso) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2953 
proposed by Ms. Murkowski to the bill S. 2012, to provide for the 
modernization of the energy policy of the United States, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title III, add the following:

                           Subtitle _--States

     SEC. 3___. STATE MINERAL REVENUE PROTECTION.

       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''

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     and inserting ``shall, except as provided in subsection (e), 
     be paid into the Treasury'';
       (2) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ``and except as 
     provided in subsection (e)'' before ``, any rentals''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(e) Conveyance to States of Property Interest in State 
     Share.--
       ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, on request of a State 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 the percentage specified in that subsection for that 
     State of all amounts otherwise required to be paid into the 
     Treasury under that subsection from sales, bonuses, royalties 
     (including interest charges), and rentals for all public land 
     or deposits located in the State.
       ``(2) Amount.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     after a conveyance to a State under paragraph (1), 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.
       ``(3) 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); and
       ``(B) the leaseholder is required to pay the amounts 
     directly to the State.''.
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