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To repeal a requirement to reduce by 2 percent the amount payable to each State in fiscal year 2008.

2/6/2008--Introduced.

Restoring the West's Fair Share Act of 2008 - Amends the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, to repeal the requirement for a deduction of 2% from the amount payable to a state in FY2008 under the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982, and under the provisions of the Mineral Leasing Act and the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970, before disbursing a payment to that state and for the deposit of the amount deducted to miscellaneous receipts.

Latest Actions
  • 02/08/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
  • 02/06/2008 - Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.