H.R. 1399 — Reported in House

IB Union Calendar No. 337 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1399 [Report No. 115–455] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 7, 2017 Mr. Cook (for himself, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Schrader, Mr. Knight, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Tipton, Mr. Himes, Mr. Valadao, Ms. Cheney, Mr. Yoder, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. Culberson, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. McKinley, Mr. Costa, Mrs. Mimi Walters of California, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, and Mr. Kelly of Mississippi) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources December 11, 2017 Additional sponsors: Mr. Stewart, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Allen, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Jordan, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Coffman, Mr. Mooney of West Virginia, Ms. Herrera Beutler, Mr. Barr, and Mr. Perlmutter December 11, 2017 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed A BILL To reduce temporarily the royalty required to be paid for sodium produced on Federal lands, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the American Soda Ash Competitiveness Act. 2. Reduction in royalty rate on soda ash Notwithstanding section 102(a)(9) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701(a)(9)), section 24 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 262), and the terms of any lease under that Act, the royalty rate on the quantity or gross value of the output of sodium compounds and related products at the point of shipment to market from Federal land in the 5-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act shall be 2 percent. December 11, 2017 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed