[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 42 (Tuesday, March 3, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S1347]
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  SA 1401. Mr. DAINES (for himself and Mr. Barrasso) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2657, to 
support innovation in advanced geothermal research and development, and 
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of title II, add the following:

                       Subtitle D--Miscellaneous

     SEC. 24___. ELIMINATION OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE UNDER THE 
                   MINERAL LEASING ACT.

       (a) In General.--Section 35 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 
     U.S.C. 191) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), in the first sentence, by striking 
     ``, subject to the provisions of subsection (b),'';
       (2) by striking subsection (b);
       (3) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections 
     (b) and (c), respectively;
       (4) in subsection (b)(3)(B)(ii) (as so redesignated), by 
     striking ``subsection (d)'' and inserting ``subsection (c)''; 
     and
       (5) in subsection (c)(3)(A)(ii) (as so redesignated), by 
     striking ``subsection (c)(2)(B)'' and inserting ``subsection 
     (b)(2)(B)''.
       (b) Conforming Amendments.--
       (1) Section 6(a) of the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired 
     Lands (30 U.S.C. 355(a)) is amended--
       (A) in the first sentence, by striking ``Subject to the 
     provisions of section 35(b) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 
     U.S.C. 191(b)), all'' and inserting ``All''; and
       (B) in the second sentence, by striking ``of the Act of 
     February 25, 1920 (41 Stat. 450; 30 U.S.C. 191)'' and 
     inserting ``of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191)''.
       (2) Section 20(a) of the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 (30 
     U.S.C. 1019(a)) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph 
     (1), in the second sentence, by striking ``the provisions of 
     subsection (b) of section 35 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 
     U.S.C. 191(b)) and''.
       (3) Section 205(f) of the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty 
     Management Act of 1982 (30 U.S.C. 1735(f)) is amended by 
     striking the fourth, fifth, and sixth sentences.
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