[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 120 (Wednesday, July 24, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5483]
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  SA 3163. Mr. LANKFORD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At end of subtitle B of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 318. MODIFICATIONS TO SALE OF ROYALTIES FOR ENERGY 
                   RESILIENCE PURPOSES.

       Section 36 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 192) is 
     amended by striking the period at the end and inserting ``: 
     Provided, however, At the request of the Secretary of 
     Defense, only for the purposes of a Department of Defense 
     energy resilience pilot program not to exceed one year in 
     duration, the Secretary of the Interior shall sell royalties 
     derived only from lands managed by the Department of Defense 
     for the McAlester Army Ammunition Plant in McAlester, 
     Oklahoma, at or below market price to the Department of 
     Defense for use only at the McAlester Army Ammunition Plant 
     and only for energy resilience purposes, and only to the 
     extent that such royalties do not exceed the natural gas 
     needs of the installation: And provided further, That the 
     Secretary of Defense may not store or sale any royalties 
     received in excess of such needs.''.
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