S.Amdt. 2834

SA 2834. Mr. LANKFORD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At end of subtitle B of title III, add the following:

SEC. 318. MODIFICATIONS TO SALE OF ROYALTIES FOR ENERGY
RESILIENCE PURPOSES.

Section 36 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 192) is
amended by striking the period at the end and inserting ``:
Provided, however, At the request of the Secretary of
Defense, the Secretary of the Interior shall sell royalties
at or below market price to the Department of Defense for use
only on military installations, and only for energy
resilience purposes, and only to the extent that such
royalties do not exceed the oil and gas needs of the
installation: And provided further, That the Secretary of
Defense may not store or sale any royalties received in
excess of such needs.''.
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