A bill to amend the Mineral Lands Leasing Act to provide for a minimum royalties payment to the Federal Government for shale oil produced on Federal lands, to establish an Oil Shale Area Impact Fund.
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Provides that the annual rental of 50 cents per month per acre prescribed for public lands producing oil shale leased pursuant to the Mineral Lands Leasing Act, plus such royalties as specified in such leases, shall not be waived during the first five years of any lease. Provides that a lessee under such Act shall pay a minimum of 12 1/2 percent of the value of all oil and other minerals removed from the lands subject to such lease. States that 37 1/2 percent of such monies shall be used by the State within which such lands are located for assistance to public roads and transportation systems, public education institutions, and communities directly impacted by mineral resource development. Establishes the Oil Shale Area Impact Fund, to consist of an additional 10 percent of the revenues collected pursuant to this Act, to provide loans to States and local governments for the purposes of planning assistance in providing services to States determined by the Secretary of the Interior to be directly impacted by significant population growth due to oil shale development. Requires that on 50 percent of such loans shall be repaid by the State or political subdivision thereof receiving such loan.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on February 28, 1974. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on February 28, 1974: Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the House
- Passage by the Senate
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 93rd Congress (1973-74), 651 of the 23,396 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 2.8 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
TENO RONCALIO (D-WY) introduced it on February 28, 1974. No cosponsors are recorded.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on February 28, 1974, 19187 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 19187 days ago, on February 28, 1974.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 93rd Congress has not finished by January 3, 1975 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- HouseIn committee, no floor vote yet
- SenateAwaits House passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers