[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 451 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 451

 To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to eliminate an administrative fee, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             February 6 (legislative day, February 5), 2025

   Mr. Daines (for himself, Mr. Cramer, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Curtis, Mr. 
 Barrasso, Mr. Hoeven, and Mr. Sheehy) introduced the following bill; 
   which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to eliminate an administrative fee, 
                        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 ``Restoring State Mineral Revenues 
Act''.

SEC. 2. 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 
        ``and, 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 paragraph (3)(B)(ii) of subsection (b) (as so 
        redesignated), by striking ``subsection (d)'' and inserting 
        ``subsection (c)''; and
            (5) in paragraph (3)(A)(ii) of subsection (c) (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 second sentence of the 
        matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ``the provisions of 
        subsection (b) of section 35 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 
        U.S.C. 191(b)) and section 5(a)(2) of this Act'' and inserting 
        ``section 5(a)(2)''.
            (3) Section 205(f) of the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty 
        Management Act of 1982 (30 U.S.C. 1735(f)) is amended--
                    (A) in the first sentence, by striking ``this 
                Section'' and inserting ``this section''; and
                    (B) by striking the fourth, fifth, and sixth 
                sentences.
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