To ensure the payment to the Treasury of the United States of 50 percent of revenues from oil and gas leasing and production on the Coastal Plain.

SA 2400. Ms. CANTWELL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill S. 1932, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to
section 202(a) of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal
year 2006 (H. Con. Res. 95); which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

On page 101, strike lines 12 through 19 and insert the
following:
(d) Receipts.--
(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, of the amount of adjusted bonus, rental, and royalty
receipts derived from oil and gas leasing and operations
authorized under this section--
(A) 50 percent shall be paid to the State of Alaska; and
(B) the balance shall be deposited into the Treasury as
miscellaneous receipts.
(2) Judicial review.--
(A) In general.--Any civil action brought by the State of
Alaska to compel an increase

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in the percentage of revenues to be paid under paragraph (1)
shall be filed not later than 90 days after the date of
enactment of this Act.
(B) Limitation.--
(i) In general.--If a civil action is filed by the State of
Alaska under subparagraph (A), until such time as a final
nonappealable order is issued with respect to the civil
action and notwithstanding any other provision of law--

(I) production of oil and gas from the Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge is prohibited;
(II) no action shall be taken to establish or implement the
competitive oil and gas leasing program authorized under this
title; and
(III) no leasing or other development leading to the
production of oil or gas from the Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge shall be undertaken.

(ii) Final order.--If the court issues a final
nonappealable order with respect to a civil action filed
under subparagraph (A) that increases the percentage of
revenues to be paid to the State of Alaska--

(I) production of oil and gas from the Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge is prohibited; and
(II) no leasing or other development leading to the
production of oil or gas from the Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge shall be undertaken.

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