POWER Counties Act

Providing Opportunity with Energy Revenues in Counties Act or the POWER Counties Act

This bill amends the Mineral Leasing Act to: (1) change from 40% to 20% the percentage of money received from sales, bonuses, royalties including interest charges collected under the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 that is to be paid into the reclamation fund created by the Reclamation Act; and (2) require 20% of such money to be paid to the county within the boundaries of which the leased lands or deposits are or were located and used by such county for its schools and roads.

[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3357 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3357

 To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to require payment to counties of a 
portion of revenues received by the United States under Federal oil and 
                              gas leases.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 29, 2015

 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 counties of a 
portion of revenues received by the United States under Federal oil and 
                              gas leases.

    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 ``Providing Opportunity with Energy 
Revenues in Counties Act'' or the ``POWER Counties Act''.

SEC. 2. PAYMENT TO COUNTIES OF PORTION OF REVENUES RECEIVED BY THE 
              UNITED STATES UNDER FEDERAL OIL AND GAS LEASES.

    Section 35(a) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191(a)) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``40 per centum thereof'' and inserting 
        ``40 per centum thereof in the case of rentals of public lands 
        under the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970, and 20 per centum 
        thereof in the case of all other such money,''; and
            (2) by inserting after ``June 17, 1902'' the following: ``, 
        20 per centum thereof, other than rentals of public lands under 
        the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970, shall be paid to the county 
        within the boundaries of which the leased lands or deposits are 
        or were located and used by such county for its schools and 
        roads''.
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