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H. Rept. 114-833 1 (2016-11-22)

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                     114TH CONGRESS                                          REPORT
                        2d Session     HOUSE   OF  REPRESENTATIVES           114-833







                              CERTAINTY FOR STATES AND TRIBES ACT



                       NOVEMBER 22, 2016.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
                                     State of the Union and ordered to be printed



                       Mr. BISHOP  of Utah, from the Committee   on Natural  Resources,
                                           submitted  the following


                                              REPORT

                                                together with

                                            DISSENTING VIEWS

                                            [To accompany H.R. 5259]

                               [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

                       The Committee   on  Natural Resources,  to whom   was referred the
                     bill (H.R. 5259) to direct the Secretary of the Interior to reestablish
                     the Royalty  Policy Committee   in order to further a more  consult-
                     ative process with  key Federal,  State, tribal, environmental,  and
                     energy stakeholders, and  for other purposes, having  considered the
                     same,  report  favorably  thereon  with   an  amendment and rec-
                     ommend   that the bill as amended  do pass.
                       The amendment is   as follows:
                       Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
                     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
                     This Act may be cited as the Certainty for States and Tribes Act.
                     SEC. 2. RECONSTITUTION OF THE ROYALTY POLICY COMMITTEE.
                     (a) IN GENERAL.-The Secretary of the Interior shall, by not later than 90 days
                     after the date of the enactment of this Act, reconstitute the Royalty Policy Com-
                     mittee as last chartered on March 26, 2010, except as otherwise provided in this
                     Act.
                     (b) CORRECTIONS AND UPDATES.-In reconstituting the Committee, the Secretary
                     shall make appropriate technical corrections and updates to the charter of the Com-
                     mittee, including the following:
                          (1) Revision of all references to the Minerals Management Service or Minerals
                        Revenue Management so as to refer to the Office of Natural Resources Revenue.
                          (2) Revision of the estimated number and frequency of meetings of the Com-
                        mittee to not less than once each year.
                          (3) Revision of the non-Federal members of the Committee to include-
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