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S. 500: State Mineral Revenue Protection Act

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S. 500: State Mineral Revenue Protection Act

114th Congress · introduced 2015-02-12 · Energy · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-02-12 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

State Mineral Revenue Protection Act

Plain summary

State Mineral Revenue Protection Act Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior, on the request of a state (other than Alaska) and in lieu of any payments to the state under the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 (FOGRMA), to convey to the state all right, title, and interest in and to the percentage specified in the FOGRMA for that state of all amounts otherwise required to be paid into the Treasury from sales, bonuses, royalties (including interest charges), and rentals for all public land or deposits located in the state. (Current law requires payment to a state of 50% of all money derived from such sales, bonuses, royalties, and rentals.) Requires any person, after a conveyance under this Act, to pay directly to the state any amount the person owes for which the right, title, and interest has been conveyed to the state. Requires the Secretary to provide prompt notice of any such conveyance, and the duty to make direct payments to the state involved, to each holder of a lease of public land to which this Act applies.

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Official text

State Mineral Revenue Protection Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] · 5 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

John Barrasso (R-WY), Mike Lee (R-UT)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-s500 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114