State Mineral Revenue Protection Act of 2019
Latest action · Feb 22, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 6, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
State Mineral Revenue Protection Act of 2019
This bill increases the percentage that states receive from sales, bonuses, royalties, and rentals for all public land or mineral deposits located in the states by eliminating administrative costs that are deducted from the share allocated to states under current law.
The bill eliminates the 2% fee that the federal government currently deducts from a state's share to cover administrative or other costs.
On request of a state, the Department of the Interior must convey to the state a property interest in the state's share of royalties and other payments from public land or mineral deposits located in the state. Interior must provide prompt notice of any such conveyance and the duty of the leaseholder to make direct payments to the state.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 27, 2019 to May 9, 2019.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-CA | Duncan Hunter | Feb 27, 2019 | |
| R-MT | Greg Gianforte | Feb 27, 2019 | |
| R-NC | Mark Meadows | Feb 27, 2019 | |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Feb 27, 2019 | |
| R-WA | Dan Newhouse | May 9, 2019 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Feb 6, 2019 |
| Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee | Referred Feb 22, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 22, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
- Feb 6, 2019Introduced in House
- Feb 6, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 23, February 6, 2019, page H1392.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R46537 | Revenues and Disbursements from Oil and Natural Gas Leases on Onshore Federal Lands | Report | Feb 12, 2026 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 218 | ONSHORE Act | Related bill | Jan 24, 2019 |
| HR 2661 | State Mineral Revenue Protection Act | Reintroduction of | Sep 6, 2017 |
| HR 4294 | American Energy First Act | Related bill | Sep 16, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to require the Secretary of the Interior to convey to a State all right, title, and interest in and to a percentage of the amount of royalties and other amounts required to be paid to the State under that Act with respect to public land and deposits in the State, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- State Mineral Revenue Protection Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 6, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
