Sec. 3. Conveyance to certain States of property interest in State share of royalties and other payments
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Section 35 of the Mineral Leasing Act ( 30 U.S.C. 191 ) is amended— in subsection (a), in the first sentence, by striking shall be paid into the Treasury and inserting shall, except as provided in subsection (e), be paid into the Treasury ; in subsection (c)(1), by inserting and except as provided in subsection
(e)before , any rentals ; and by adding at the end the following: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on request of a State and in lieu of any payments to the State under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Interior shall convey to the State all right, title, and interest in and to the percentage specified in that subsection for that State that would otherwise be required to be paid into the Treasury under that subsection. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, after a conveyance to a State under paragraph (1), any person shall pay directly to the State any amount owed by the person for which the right, title, and interest has been conveyed to the State under this subsection. The Secretary of the Interior shall promptly provide to each holder of a lease of public land to which subsection
(a)applies that is located in a State to which right, title, and interest is conveyed under this subsection notice that— the Secretary of the Interior has conveyed to the State all right, title, and interest in and to the amounts referred to in paragraph (1); and the leaseholder is required to pay the amounts directly to the State. A State that has received a conveyance under this subsection shall report monthly to the Office of Natural Resources Revenue of the Department of the Interior the amount paid to the State pursuant to this subsection. With respect to the interest conveyed to a State under this subsection from sales, bonuses, royalties (including interest charges), and rentals collected under the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 ( 30 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), this subsection shall only apply with respect to States for which the Secretary has delegated any authority under section 44(b)(1). . Section 35(b) of the Mineral Leasing Act ( 30 U.S.C. 191(b) ) is amended by striking In determining and inserting Except with respect to States for which the Secretary has delegated any authority under section 44(b)(1), in determining . Section 205(f) of the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 ( 30 U.S.C. 1735(f) ) is amended in the seventh sentence by striking All and inserting Subject to subsection
(e)of section 35 of the Mineral Leasing Act ( . 30 U.S.C. 191 ), all
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Sec. 3
Conveyance to certain States of property interest in State share of royalties and other payments
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