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A bill to amend the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands and the Mineral Leasing Act to increase the State share of oil and gas leasing revenue from acquired lands, and for other purposes.

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Bernie Moreno
Bernie Moreno
Republican · OH · Senator
Votes with party: 76.7% (910 recorded votes)
Top industries funding sponsor:
  • Conservative Groups$1,210k

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Under authority of the order of the Senate of September 30, 2026, ordered read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

2026-10-15

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 5688 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 5688 To amend the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands and the Mineral Leasing Act to increase the State share of oil and gas leasing revenue from acquired lands, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES October 15, 2026 Mr. Moreno, under authority of the order of the Senate of September 30, 2026, introduced the following bill; which was ordered read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands and the Mineral Leasing Act to increase the State share of oil and gas leasing revenue from acquired lands, and for other purposes. 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 ``Acquired Lands Revenue Modernization Act''. SEC. 2. DISPOSITION OF RECEIPTS FROM OIL AND GAS LEASES OF ACQUIRED LANDS. (a) Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands.--Section 6(a) of the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands (30 U.S.C. 355(a)) is amended, in the first sentence-- (1) by striking ``Subject to the provisions of section 35(b) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191(b)), all'' and inserting ``All''; and (2) by striking ``for other receipts'' and all that follows through ``such lands'' and inserting ``in section 35 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191)''. (b) Mineral Leasing Act.--Section 35(a) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191(a)) is amended, in the first sentence-- (1) by striking ``, and rentals'' and inserting ``(30 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), rentals''; and (2) by inserting ``(30 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), and oil and gas leases under the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands (30 U.S.C. 351 et seq.)'' after ``Geothermal Steam Act of 1970''. <all>
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