1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Restoring State Mineral Revenues Act”.
Restoring State Mineral Revenues Act
A BILL
To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to eliminate an administrative fee, and for other purposes.
2. Elimination of an administrative fee under the Mineral Leasing Act
in subsection (a), in the first sentence, by striking “, subject to the provisions of subsection (b),”;
by striking subsection (b);
by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (b) and (c), respectively;
in subsection (b)(3)(B)(ii) (as so redesignated), by striking “subsection (d)” and inserting “subsection (c)”; and
in subsection (c)(3)(A)(ii) (as so redesignated), by striking “subsection (c)(2)(B)” and inserting “subsection (b)(2)(B)”.
Conforming amendments—
Section 6(a) of the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands (30 U.S.C. 355(a)) is amended—
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
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)”.
Section 20(a) of the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 (30 U.S.C. 1019(a)) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1), in the second sentence, by striking “the provisions of subsection (b) of section 35 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191(b)) and”.
Section 205(f) of the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 (30 U.S.C. 1735(f)) is amended by striking the fourth, fifth, and sixth sentences.