30 U.S.C. § 191 : US Code - Section 191: Disposition of moneys received

Search 30 U.S.C. § 191 : US Code - Section 191: Disposition of moneys received

(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) of this section, 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 7433(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) Administrative costs
In determining the amount of payments to the States under this
section, the amount of such payments shall not be reduced by any
administrative or other costs incurred by the United States.
(c) Rentals received on or after August 8, 2005
(1) Notwithstanding the first sentence of subsection (a) of this
section, 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) For each of fiscal years 2006 through 2015, 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 land under the jurisdiction of the Pilot Project
offices identified in section 15924(d) of title 42.