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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1 |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 451 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to eliminate an administrative fee, and |
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| 6 | 6 | | for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY6 (legislative day, FEBRUARY5), 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. D |
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| 10 | 10 | | AINES(for himself, Mr. CRAMER, Ms. LUMMIS, Mr. CURTIS, Mr. BAR- |
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| 11 | 11 | | RASSO, Mr. HOEVEN, and Mr. SHEEHY) introduced the following bill; |
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| 12 | 12 | | which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Nat- |
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| 13 | 13 | | ural Resources |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to eliminate an |
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| 16 | 16 | | administrative fee, and for other purposes. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Restoring State Min-4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | eral Revenues Act’’. 5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE UNDER 6 |
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| 23 | 23 | | THE MINERAL LEASING ACT. 7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (a) I |
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| 25 | 25 | | NGENERAL.—Section 35 of the Mineral Leasing 8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Act (30 U.S.C. 191) is amended— 9 |
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| 29 | 29 | | •S 451 IS |
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| 30 | 30 | | (1) in subsection (a), in the first sentence, by 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | striking ‘‘and, subject to the provisions of subsection 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (b),’’; 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2) by striking subsection (b); 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (3) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | subsections (b) and (c), respectively; 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (4) in paragraph (3)(B)(ii) of subsection (b) (as 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | so redesignated), by striking ‘‘subsection (d)’’ and 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | inserting ‘‘subsection (c)’’; and 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (5) in paragraph (3)(A)(ii) of subsection (c) (as 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | so redesignated), by striking ‘‘subsection (c)(2)(B)’’ 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)(2)(B)’’. 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (b) C |
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| 43 | 43 | | ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.— 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (1) Section 6(a) of the Mineral Leasing Act for 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | Acquired Lands (30 U.S.C. 355(a)) is amended— 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘Sub-16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | ject to the provisions of section 35(b) of the 17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191(b)), all’’ 18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | and inserting ‘‘All’’; and 19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (B) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘of 20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | the Act of February 25, 1920 (41 Stat. 450; 30 21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | U.S.C. 191),’’ and inserting ‘‘of the Mineral 22 |
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| 53 | 53 | | Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191)’’. 23 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (2) Section 20(a) of the Geothermal Steam Act 24 |
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| 55 | 55 | | of 1970 (30 U.S.C. 1019(a)) is amended, in the sec-25 |
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| 58 | 58 | | •S 451 IS |
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| 59 | 59 | | ond sentence of the matter preceding paragraph (1), 1 |
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| 60 | 60 | | by striking ‘‘the provisions of subsection (b) of sec-2 |
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| 61 | 61 | | tion 35 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 3 |
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| 62 | 62 | | 191(b)) and section 5(a)(2) of this Act’’ and insert-4 |
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| 63 | 63 | | ing ‘‘section 5(a)(2)’’. 5 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (3) Section 205(f) of the Federal Oil and Gas 6 |
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| 65 | 65 | | Royalty Management Act of 1982 (30 U.S.C. 7 |
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| 66 | 66 | | 1735(f)) is amended— 8 |
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| 67 | 67 | | (A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘this 9 |
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| 68 | 68 | | Section’’ and inserting ‘‘this section’’; and 10 |
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| 69 | 69 | | (B) by striking the fourth, fifth, and sixth 11 |
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| 70 | 70 | | sentences. 12 |
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