POWER Counties Act
Latest action · Apr 18, 2018 Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 27, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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 may be used by such county for its schools and roads.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 18, 2018Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Oct 2, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
- Sep 27, 2017Introduced in House
- Sep 27, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 27, 2017Introduced in House
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