United States Code

30 U.S.C. § 191

Disposition of moneys received

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Bills that would change it 49

  • HR 7831 License to Drill Act Amends 191(d) · introduced · 119th Congress
  • S 4765 Let America Build Act of 2026 Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
  • HR 9171 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027 Amends · introduced · 119th Congress
  • S 451 Restoring State Mineral Revenues Act Amends · introduced · 119th Congress
  • HR 7476 Countering Communist China Act Amends · introduced · 118th Congress
  • S 373 RISEE Act of 2023 Amends · introduced · 118th Congress
  • HR 4301 Bonding Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2023 Amends 191(c)(2)(B) · introduced · 118th Congress
  • HR 2811 Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023 Amends · introduced · 118th Congress
  • S 1456 SPUR Act Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
  • HR 1705 A. Donald McEachin Environmental Justice For All Act Amends · introduced · 118th Congress
  • HR 1 Lower Energy Costs Act Amends · introduced · 118th Congress
  • HR 1335 TAPP American Resources Act Amends · introduced · 118th Congress
  • S 919 A. Donald McEachin Environmental Justice For All Act Amends · introduced · 118th Congress
  • S 947 Lower Energy Costs Act Amends · introduced · 118th Congress
  • HR 913 RISEE Act of 2023 Amends · introduced · 118th Congress
  • HR 2021 Environmental Justice For All Act Amends · introduced · 117th Congress
  • HR 1517 Ending Taxpayer Welfare for Oil and Gas Companies Act of 2021 Amends its part · introduced · 117th Congress
  • HR 1503 Restoring Community Input and Public Protections in Oil and Gas Leasing Act of 2021 Amends its part · introduced · 117th Congress
  • HR 1505 Bonding Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2021 Amends 191(c)(2)(B) · introduced · 117th Congress
  • S 2130 RISEE Act of 2022 Amends · introduced · 117th Congress
  • HR 9049 RISEE Act of 2022 Amends · introduced · 117th Congress
  • S 4229 ONSHORE Act Amends its part · introduced · 117th Congress
  • HR 4334 American Energy First Act Amends 191(b) · introduced · 117th Congress
  • S 2177 Oil and Gas Bonding Reform and Orphaned Well Remediation Act Amends 191(c)(3) · introduced · 117th Congress
  • HR 2462 Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Fee Reauthorization Act of 2021 Amends 191(a) · introduced · 117th Congress
  • S 1600 Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Fee Reauthorization Act of 2021 Amends 191(a) · introduced · 117th Congress
  • S 872 Environmental Justice For All Act Amends · introduced · 117th Congress
  • HR 3225 Restoring Community Input and Public Protections in Oil and Gas Leasing Act of 2020 Amends its part · introduced · 116th Congress
  • HR 5435 American Public Lands and Waters Climate Solution Act of 2019 Amends its part · introduced · 116th Congress
  • S 2418 COASTAL Act Amends · introduced · 116th Congress
  • HR 4364 Taxpayer Fairness for Resource Development Act of 2019 Amends its part · introduced · 116th Congress
  • HR 4294 American Energy First Act Amends 191(b) · introduced · 116th Congress
  • HR 1333 No Drilling in Our Backyards Act Amends its part · introduced · 116th Congress
  • HR 998 State Mineral Revenue Protection Act of 2019 Amends · introduced · 116th Congress
  • HR 786 Education and Energy Act of 2019 Amends · introduced · 116th Congress
  • HR 785 Planning for American Energy Act of 2019 Amends its part · introduced · 116th Congress
  • HR 484 To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to regulate hydraulic fracturing operations on Federal lands,... Amends its part · introduced · 116th Congress
  • S 218 ONSHORE Act Amends 191(b) · introduced · 116th Congress
  • HR 5859 Education and Energy Act of 2018 Amends · introduced · 115th Congress
  • HR 4239 SECURE American Energy Act Amends 191(b) · introduced · 115th Congress
  • HR 5515 John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 Amends 191(a) · enacted · 115th Congress
  • HR 4426 Sustainable Energy Development Reform Act Amends 191(d) · introduced · 115th Congress
  • HR 3846 POWER Counties Act Amends 191(a) · introduced · 115th Congress
  • S 2319 ONSHORE Act Amends 191(b) · introduced · 115th Congress
  • HR 2907 Planning for American Energy Act of 2017 Amends its part · introduced · 115th Congress
  • HR 4246 No Drilling in Our Backyards Act Amends its part · introduced · 115th Congress
  • HR 2661 State Mineral Revenue Protection Act Amends · introduced · 115th Congress
  • S 1267 State Mineral Revenue Protection Act Amends · introduced · 115th Congress
  • S 737 COAL Reform Act of 2017 Amends its part · introduced · 115th Congress

The law today

From the official United States Code, current through Public Law 119-121.

(a) In general All money received from sales, bonuses, royalties including interest charges collected under the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 [30 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.], and rentals of the public lands under the provisions of this chapter and the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 [30 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.], shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States; and, subject to the provisions of subsection (b), 50 per centum thereof shall be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury to the State other than Alaska within the boundaries of which the leased lands or deposits are or were located; said moneys paid to any of such States on or after January 1, 1976, to be used by such State and its subdivisions, as the legislature of the State may direct giving priority to those subdivisions of the State socially or economically impacted by development of minerals leased under this chapter, for (i) planning, (ii) construction and maintenance of public facilities, and (iii) provision of public service; and excepting those from Alaska, 40 per centum thereof shall be paid into, reserved, appropriated, as part of the reclamation fund created by the Act of Congress known as the Reclamation Act, approved June 17, 1902, and of those from Alaska, 90 per centum thereof shall be paid to the State of Alaska for disposition by the legislature thereof: Provided, That all moneys which may accrue to the United States under the provisions of this chapter and the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 from lands within the naval petroleum reserves shall be deposited in the Treasury as “miscellaneous receipts”, as provided by section 8733(b) of title 10. All moneys received under the provisions of this chapter and the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 not otherwise disposed of by this section shall be credited to miscellaneous receipts. Payments to States under this section with respect to any moneys received by the United States, shall be made not later than the last business day of the month in which such moneys are warranted by the United States Treasury to the Secretary as having been received, except for any portion of such moneys which is under challenge and placed in a suspense account pending resolution of a dispute. Such warrants shall be issued by the United States Treasury not later than 10 days after receipt of such moneys by the Treasury. Moneys placed in a suspense account which are determined to be payable to a State shall be made not later than the last business day of the month in which such dispute is resolved. Any such amount placed in a suspense account pending resolution shall bear interest until the dispute is resolved. (b) Deduction for administrative costs In determining the amount of payments to the States under this section, beginning in fiscal year 2014 and for each year thereafter, the amount of such payments shall be reduced by 2 percent for any administrative or other costs incurred by the United States in carrying out the program authorized by this chapter, and the amount of such reduction shall be deposited to miscellaneous receipts of the Treasury. (c) Rentals received on or after August 8, 2005 (1) Notwithstanding the first sentence of subsection (a), any rentals received from leases in any State (other than the State of Alaska) on or after August 8, 2005, shall be deposited in the Treasury, to be allocated in accordance with paragraph (2). (2) Of the amounts deposited in the Treasury under paragraph (1)— (A) 50 percent shall be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury to the State within the boundaries of which the leased land is located or the deposits were derived; and (B) 50 percent shall be deposited in a special fund in the Treasury, to be known as the “BLM Permit Processing Improvement Fund” (referred to in this subsection as the “Fund”). (3) Use of fund.— (A) In general.— The Fund shall be available to the Secretary of the Interior for expenditure, without further appropriation and without fiscal year limitation, for the coordination and processing of oil and gas use authorizations on onshore Federal and Indian trust mineral estate land. (B) Accounts.— The Secretary shall divide the Fund into— (i) a Rental Account (referred to in this subsection as the “Rental Account”) comprised of rental receipts collected under this section; and (ii) a Fee Account (referred to in this subsection as the “Fee Account”) comprised of fees collected under subsection (d). (4) Rental account.— (A) In general.— The Secretary shall use the Rental Account for— (i) the coordination and processing of oil and gas use authorizations on onshore Federal and Indian trust mineral estate land under the jurisdiction of the Project offices identified under section 15924(d) of title 42; and (ii) training programs for development of expertise related to coordinating and processing oil and gas use authorizations. (B) Allocation.— In determining the allocation of the Rental Account among Project offices for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall consider— (i) the number of applications for permit to drill received in a Project office during the previous fiscal year; (ii) the backlog of applications described in clause (i) in a Project office; (iii) publicly available industry forecasts for development of oil and gas resources under the jurisdiction of a Project office; and (iv) any opportunities for partnership with local industry organizations and educational institutions in developing training programs to facilitate the coordination and processing of oil and gas use authorizations. (5) Fee account.— (A) In general.— The Secretary shall use the Fee Account for the coordination and processing of oil and gas use authorizations on onshore Federal and Indian trust mineral estate land. (B) Allocation.— The Secretary shall transfer not less than 75 percent of the revenues collected by an office for the processing of applications for permits to the State office of the State in which the fees were collected. (d) BLM oil and gas permit processing fee (1) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2026, the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, shall collect a fee for each new application for a permit to drill that is submitted to the Secretary. (2) Amount The amount of the fee shall be $9,500 for each new application, as indexed for United States dollar inflation from October 1, 2015 (as measured by the Consumer Price Index). (3) Use Of the fees collected under this subsection for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall transfer— (A) for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2019— (i) 15 percent to the field offices that collected the fees and used to process protests, leases, and permits under this chapter, subject to appropriation; and (ii) 85 percent to the BLM Permit Processing Improvement Fund established under subsection (c)(2)(B) (referred to in this subsection as the “Fund”); and (B) for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2026, all of the fees to the Fund. (4) Additional costs During each of fiscal years of 2016 through 2026, the Secretary shall not implement a rulemaking that would enable an increase in fees to recover additional costs related to processing applications for permits to drill.
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