S 451 · in committee · significant
Restoring State Mineral Revenues Act
- economy
What this bill does
- This bill removes a 2% administrative fee that reduces state payments from oil, gas, and mineral extraction on federal lands.
- States that receive revenue from natural resource development on onshore federal lands are affected.
- The change takes effect immediately upon passage, increasing state revenue without new federal spending.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would eliminating the 2% administrative fee affect state budgets that currently rely on federal mineral lease revenues?
- 02
What specific administrative costs does the federal government currently cover with the 2% fee, and how would removing it impact those operations?
- 03
Which states would see the largest revenue gains from this fee removal, and how might that shift the distribution of natural resource benefits across regions?
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Sponsor · R-MT
Steve Daines
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Introduced 2025-12-02
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Legislative timeline
2025-12-02 · senate · Committee
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
2025-02-06 · senate · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
2025-02-06 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
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