4389 -- Ensuring the Taxpayer a Fair Return for Federal Onshore Oil and Gas Resources Act of 2015 | Poliscope

Ensuring the Taxpayer a Fair Return for Federal Onshore Oil and Gas Resources Act of 2015

4389

114th Congress

Energy

In Committee

Legislative Progress

✓

Introduced

Committee

Floor Vote

Other Chamber

Enacted

Introduced

January 13, 2016

Latest Action

January 19, 2016

Primary Sponsor

Alan S. LowenthalDemocratic(CA)

Momentum (last 30 days)

score

0 actions · 0 new cosponsors · 0 votes

Speed vs cohort

42pct

6d open

vs 6,526 other HR bills in the 114th — cohort avg 56d

Summary

Ensuring the Taxpayer a Fair Return for Federal Onshore Oil and Gas Resources Act of 2015 This bill amends the Mineral Leasing Act to increase the minimum acceptable bids and rentals for leases of oil, natural gas, and tar sand on federal land. Minimum acceptable bids and rentals shall receive inflation adjustments once every four years. One-third of any amounts received by the United States from sales, bonuses, and royalties, including interest charges collected under the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982, and from rentals of the public lands in Alaska under the Mineral Leasing Act and the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970, shall be made available in specified percentages: for use for oil and gas inspection and enforcement; to remediate, reclaim, and properly plug and abandon orphan oil and gas wells on federal lands; and to the state within whose boundaries the leased land is located, or the deposits were derived, for state use in accordance with specified requirements.

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Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets

Expressed views in support of S. 1407/H.R. 2663 - Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act; H.R. 3289 - Natural Gas Environmental and Economic Security Act; issues related to the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan (DRECP); and issues related to the Wind and Solar Leasing Rule. Offered views on S. 2012, S.A. 2955, S.A 3030, S.A. 3043, S.A. 3045, S.A. 3082, S.A. 3083, S.A. 3185 and S.A. 3192 - bills and amendments related to The Energy Policy Modernization Act (EPMA); H.R. 4389 - Ensuring the Taxpayer a Fair Return for Federal Onshore Oil and Gas Resources Act of 2015; H.R. 3303 - Coal Royalty Fairness and Communities Investment Act of 2015; Secretarial Order 3338: Discretionary Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement to Modernize the Federal Coal Program; SAVE Act; issues related to the royalty rates for oil, gas, and coal; carbon management on public lands; renewable energy development on public lands; oil and gas leases suspensions on public lands including Thompson Divide; issues regarding the federal coal program; issues related to the BLM Venting and Flaring Rule; and oil and gas leasing on the Bridger-Teton National Forest.