,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hgbh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #e1        
#bjbj,mr4 ,cook introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on ,natural ,resources1 and  
in addition to the ,committee on        
,education and ,labor1 for a period to  
be subsequently determined by the       
,speaker1 in each case for consideration
 of such provisions as fall within the  
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to require that royalties   
derived from the production of sodium   
compounds and related products are      
disbursed to the ,state in which        
production occurred and to the          
,secretary of ,education for educational
 grants1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be referred 
to as the ,soda ,ash ,funding for       
,education ,act of #bjbj4  #b4          
,disposition of revenues  7a7 ,deposit  
of funds from royalties on sodium       
compounds ,notwithstanding any other    

provision of law1 royalties collected on
 the quantity or gross value of the     
output of sodium compounds and related  
products 7as such term is used in the   
,soda ,ash ,royalty ,reduction ,act of  
#bjjf 7#cj ,u4,s4,c4 #bfb note77 from   
,federal land shall be paid into the    
,treasury of the ,united ,states4  7b7  
,use of ,funds ,of funds deposited in   
the ,treasury under subsection 7a71 the 
,secretary of the ,treasury shall-- 7#a7
 disburse #ej percent to the ,state     
within which such leased land is        
located2 and  7#b7 deposit #ej percent  
in the ,fund4  7c7 ,soda ,ash           
,educational ,equalization ,fund  7#a7  
,establishment ,there is established in 
the ,treasury a fund1 to be known as the
 ,soda ,ash ,education ,equalization    
,fund1 to be administered by the        
,secretary of ,education to provide     
resources to local educational agencies 
7as such term is defined in section     
#haja of the ,elementary and ,secondary 
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 

#ghja77 impacted by changes in sodium   
royalty rates or changes in soda ash    
production levels4  7#b7 ,selection     
criteria ,the ,secretary of ,education  
shall use funds available in the ,fund  
to provide grants to local school       
districts that meet the following       
conditions3 7,a7 ,the ,secretary        
determines such school has received not 
less than #ej percent of its annual     
budget from payments attributable to    
sodium royalty payments for at least #b 
of the previous #e fiscal years4  7,b7  
,the ,secretary determines that funding 
for the school for the current fiscal   
year attributable to royalties on sodium
 compounds and related products has     
fallen below the average payment for the
 past #e years1 determined by dropping  
the highest and lowest year from the    
average4  7#c7 ,maximum grant amount    
,the ,secretary of ,education may not   
issue a grant to a school for an amount 
in excess of the average calculated in  
paragraph 7#b77;,b74  7#d7 ,investment  

of fund ,the ,secretary of the ,treasury
 shall invest such portion of the ,fund 
as such ,secretary determines           
appropriate in interest-bearing         
obligations of the ,united ,states4 ,the
 interest on1 and the proceeds from the 
sale or redemption of1 any obligation   
held in the ,fund shall be credited to  
and form a part of the ,fund4  7#e7     
,fund ,in this section1 the term ,fund  
means the ,soda ,ash ,education         
,equalization ,fund established in      
paragraph 7#a74