S.Amdt. 45

SA 45. Mr. HATCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2 proposed by Ms. Murkowski (for herself, Mr. Hoeven, Mr.
Barrasso, Mr. Risch, Mr. Lee, Mr. Flake, Mr. Daines, Mr. Manchin, Mr.
Cassidy, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Portman, Mr. Alexander, and Mrs. Capito) to
the bill S. 1, to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline; which was ordered
to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. PRIORITIZATION OF CERTAIN FEDERAL REVENUES.

Section 35 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191) is
amended--
(1) by striking the section designation and all that
follows through ``All money received'' in the first sentence
of subsection (a) and inserting the following:

``SEC. 35. DISPOSITION OF MONEY RECEIVED.

``(a) Disposition.--
``(1) In general.--All money received'';
(2) in subsection (a)--
(A) in the second sentence, by striking ``All moneys
received'' and inserting the following:
``(2) Amounts to miscellaneous receipts.--
``(A) In general.--All money received'';
(B) in the third sentence, by striking ``Payments to
States'' and inserting the following:
``(3) Deadlines.--Payments to States''; and
(C) in paragraph (2) (as designated by subparagraph (A)),
by adding at the end the following:
``(B) Prioritization of revenues.--
``(i) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Act, if, after the date of enactment of the Keystone XL
Pipeline Act, the Secretary or Congress increases a royalty
rate under this Act (as in effect on the day before the date
of enactment of the Keystone XL Pipeline Act), of the amount
described in clause (ii), there shall be deposited annually
in a special account in the Treasury only such funds as are
necessary to fulfill the staffing requirements of the
agencies responsible for activities relating to--

``(I) coordinating or permitting Federal oil and gas
leases;
``(II) permits to drill and applications for permits to
drill (APDs); and
``(III) compliance with the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).

``(ii) Description of amount.--The amount referred to in
clause (i) is an amount equal to the difference between--

``(I) the amounts credited to miscellaneous receipts under
paragraph (1), taking into account the increased royalty rate
under this Act, as described in clause (i); and
``(II) the amounts credited to miscellaneous receipts under
paragraph (1), as in effect on the day before the effective
date of such an increased royalty rate.''; and

(3) in subsection (c)(2)--
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses
(i) and (ii), respectively, and indenting the clauses
appropriately;
(B) by striking ``(2) Of'' and inserting the following:
``(2) Use of funds.--
``(A) In general.--Of''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(B) Prioritization.--
``(i) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Act, if, after the date of enactment of the Keystone XL
Pipeline Act, the Secretary or Congress increases a rental
rate under this Act (as in effect on the day before the date
of enactment of the Keystone XL Pipeline Act), of the money
deposited in the Fund under subparagraph (A)(ii), only such
funds as are necessary from the amount described in clause
(ii) shall be used to fulfill the staffing requirements of
the agencies responsible for activities relating to--

``(I) coordinating or permitting Federal oil and gas
leases;
``(II) permits to drill and applications for permits to
drill (APDs); and
``(III) compliance with the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).

``(ii) Description of amount.--The amount referred to in
clause (i) is an amount equal to the difference between--

``(I) the amounts deposited in the Fund under subparagraph
(A)(ii), taking into account the increased rental rate under
this Act, as described in clause (i); and
``(II) the amounts of the money deposited in the Fund under
subparagraph (A)(ii), as in effect on the day before the
effective date of such an increased rental rate.''.

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