    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 128, 113th Congress, 2nd Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    Public Law 113-133
    113th Congress

    An Act

    To clarify authority granted under the Act entitled ``An Act to define
    the exterior boundary of the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation in the
    State of Utah, 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 ``Hill Creek Cultural Preservation and
    Energy Development Act''.
    SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY.

    The Act entitled ``An Act to define the exterior boundary of the
    Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation in the State of Utah, and for other
    purposes'', approved March 11, 1948 (62 Stat. 72), as amended by the Act
    entitled ``An Act to amend the Act extending the exterior boundary of
    the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation in the State of Utah so as to
    authorize such State to exchange certain mineral lands for other lands
    mineral in character'' approved August 9, 1955, (69 Stat. 544), is
    further amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``Sec. 5.  In order to further clarify authorizations under this
    Act, the State of Utah is hereby authorized to relinquish to the United
    States, for the benefit of the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray
    Reservation, State school trust or other State-owned subsurface mineral
    lands located beneath the surface estate delineated in Public Law 440
    (approved March 11, 1948) and south of the border between Grand County,
    Utah, and Uintah County, Utah, and select in lieu of such relinquished
    lands, on an acre-for-acre basis, any subsurface mineral lands of the
    United States located beneath the surface estate delineated in Public
    Law 440 (approved March 11, 1948) and north of the border between Grand
    County, Utah, and Uintah County, Utah, subject to the following
    conditions:
    ``(1) Reservation by united states.--The Secretary of the
    Interior shall reserve an overriding interest in that portion of
    the mineral estate comprised of minerals subject to leasing
    under the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 171 et seq.) in any
    mineral lands conveyed to the State.
    ``(2) Extent of overriding interest.--The overriding
    interest reserved by the United States under paragraph (1) shall
    consist of--
    ``(A) 50 percent of any bonus bid or other payment
    received by the State as consideration for securing any
    lease or authorization to develop such mineral
    resources;

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    ``(B) 50 percent of any rental or other payments
    received by the State as consideration for the lease or
    authorization to develop such mineral resources;
    ``(C) a 6.25 percent overriding royalty on the gross
    proceeds of oil and gas production under any lease or
    authorization to develop such oil and gas resources; and
    ``(D) an overriding royalty on the gross proceeds of
    production of such minerals other than oil and gas,
    equal to 50 percent of the royalty rate established by
    the Secretary of the Interior by regulation as of
    October 1, 2011.
    ``(3) Reservation by state of utah.--The State of Utah shall
    reserve, for the benefit of its State school trust, an
    overriding interest in that portion of the mineral estate
    comprised of minerals subject to leasing under the Mineral
    Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) in any mineral lands
    relinquished by the State to the United States.
    ``(4) Extent of overriding interest.--The overriding
    interest reserved by the State under paragraph (3) shall consist
    of--
    ``(A) 50 percent of any bonus bid or other payment
    received by the United States as consideration for
    securing any lease or authorization to develop such
    mineral resources on the relinquished lands;
    ``(B) 50 percent of any rental or other payments
    received by the United States as consideration for the
    lease or authorization to develop such mineral
    resources;
    ``(C) a 6.25 percent overriding royalty on the gross
    proceeds of oil and gas production under any lease or
    authorization to develop such oil and gas resources; and
    ``(D) an overriding royalty on the gross proceeds of
    production of such minerals other than oil and gas,
    equal to 50 percent of the royalty rate established by
    the Secretary of the Interior by regulation as of
    October 1, 2011.
    ``(5) No obligation to lease.--Neither the United States nor
    the State shall be obligated to lease or otherwise develop oil
    and gas resources in which the other party retains an overriding
    interest under this section.
    ``(6) Cooperative agreements.--The Secretary of the Interior
    is authorized to enter into cooperative agreements with the
    State and the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray
    Reservation to facilitate the relinquishment and selection of

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    lands to be conveyed under this section, and the administration
    of the overriding interests reserved hereunder.''.

    Approved July 25, 2014.

    LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 356 (S. 27):
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    HOUSE REPORTS: No. 113-57 (Comm. on Natural Resources).
    SENATE REPORTS: No. 113-49 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources)
    accompanying S. 27.
    CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:
    Vol. 159 (2013):
    May 15, considered and passed House.
    Vol. 160 (2014):
    July 9, considered and passed
    Senate.