[113th Congress Public Law 133]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
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Public Law 113-133
113th Congress
An Act
To clarify authority granted under the Act entitled ``An Act to define
the exterior boundary of the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation in the
State of Utah, and for other purposes''. <<NOTE: July 25, 2014 - [H.R.
356]>>
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Hill Creek
Cultural Preservation and Energy Development Act.>>
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Hill Creek Cultural Preservation and
Energy Development Act''.
SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY.
The Act entitled ``An Act to define the exterior boundary of the
Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation in the State of Utah, and for other
purposes'', approved March 11, 1948 (62 Stat. 72), as amended by the Act
entitled ``An Act to amend the Act extending the exterior boundary of
the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation in the State of Utah so as to
authorize such State to exchange certain mineral lands for other lands
mineral in character'' approved August 9, 1955, (69 Stat. 544), is
further amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 5. In order to further clarify authorizations under this
Act, the State of Utah is hereby authorized to relinquish to the United
States, for the benefit of the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray
Reservation, State school trust or other State-owned subsurface mineral
lands located beneath the surface estate delineated in Public Law 440
(approved March 11, 1948) and south of the border between Grand County,
Utah, and Uintah County, Utah, and select in lieu of such relinquished
lands, on an acre-for-acre basis, any subsurface mineral lands of the
United States located beneath the surface estate delineated in Public
Law 440 (approved March 11, 1948) and north of the border between Grand
County, Utah, and Uintah County, Utah, subject to the following
conditions:
``(1) Reservation by united states.--The Secretary of the
Interior shall reserve an overriding interest in that portion of
the mineral estate comprised of minerals subject to leasing
under the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 171 et seq.) in any
mineral lands conveyed to the State.
``(2) Extent of overriding interest.--The overriding
interest reserved by the United States under paragraph (1) shall
consist of--
``(A) 50 percent of any bonus bid or other payment
received by the State as consideration for securing any
lease or authorization to develop such mineral
resources;
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``(B) 50 percent of any rental or other payments
received by the State as consideration for the lease or
authorization to develop such mineral resources;
``(C) a 6.25 percent overriding royalty on the gross
proceeds of oil and gas production under any lease or
authorization to develop such oil and gas resources; and
``(D) an overriding royalty on the gross proceeds of
production of such minerals other than oil and gas,
equal to 50 percent of the royalty rate established by
the Secretary of the Interior by regulation as of
October 1, 2011.
``(3) Reservation by state of utah.--The State of Utah shall
reserve, for the benefit of its State school trust, an
overriding interest in that portion of the mineral estate
comprised of minerals subject to leasing under the Mineral
Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) in any mineral lands
relinquished by the State to the United States.
``(4) Extent of overriding interest.--The overriding
interest reserved by the State under paragraph (3) shall consist
of--
``(A) 50 percent of any bonus bid or other payment
received by the United States as consideration for
securing any lease or authorization to develop such
mineral resources on the relinquished lands;
``(B) 50 percent of any rental or other payments
received by the United States as consideration for the
lease or authorization to develop such mineral
resources;
``(C) a 6.25 percent overriding royalty on the gross
proceeds of oil and gas production under any lease or
authorization to develop such oil and gas resources; and
``(D) an overriding royalty on the gross proceeds of
production of such minerals other than oil and gas,
equal to 50 percent of the royalty rate established by
the Secretary of the Interior by regulation as of
October 1, 2011.
``(5) No obligation to lease.--Neither the United States nor
the State shall be obligated to lease or otherwise develop oil
and gas resources in which the other party retains an overriding
interest under this section.
``(6) Cooperative agreements.--The Secretary of the Interior
is authorized to enter into cooperative agreements with the
State and the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray
Reservation to facilitate the relinquishment and selection of
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lands to be conveyed under this section, and the administration
of the overriding interests reserved hereunder.''.
Approved July 25, 2014.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 356 (S. 27):
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 113-57 (Comm. on Natural Resources).
SENATE REPORTS: No. 113-49 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources)
accompanying S. 27.
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:
Vol. 159 (2013):
May 15, considered and passed House.
Vol. 160 (2014):
July 9, considered and passed
Senate.
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