Using our Energy to Build Better Communities Act

Using Our Energy To Build Better Communities Act - Amends the Mineral Leasing Act, with respect to disposition of moneys received from oil, gas, and geothermal leases and prospecting permits on federal lands, to reduce from 40% to 20% the amount designated for the reclamation fund created under the Reclamation Act.

Requires that another 20% of such funds be used to pay directly to each county in which mining operations occurred an amount directly proportional to the portion of such money attributable to those operations.

Requires that moneys paid directly to such county be used by the county for its schools and roads.

Makes this Act inapplicable to Alaska and its counties.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4369 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4369

To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to require payment to each county of a 
  portion of mining royalties received for mining operations in such 
                    county, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 2, 2014

 Mr. Johnson of Ohio introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                 to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to require payment to each county of a 
  portion of mining royalties received for mining operations in such 
                    county, 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 ``Using our Energy to Build Better 
Communities Act''.

SEC. 2. PAYMENT OF MINING REVENUES TO COUNTIES FOR USE FOR SCHOOLS AND 
              ROADS.

    Section 35(a) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191(a)) is 
amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(1)'' before the first sentence;
            (2) in paragraph (1) (as designated by the amendment made 
        by paragraph (1) of this section) by striking ``40 per centum'' 
        and inserting ``20 per centum'';
            (3) by inserting after ``June 17, 1902,'' the following: 
        ``20 per centum shall be used to pay directly to each county of 
        the United States in which occurred mining operations for which 
        such money was received, other than any county in Alaska, an 
        amount that is directly proportional to the portion of such 
        money attributable to such operations,''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(2)(A) Amounts paid directly to a county under paragraph (1) 
shall be used by the county for schools and roads in the county.
    ``(B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply with respect to a county in 
Alaska.''.
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