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S 1676 113th Congress Senate Economics and Public Finance Appropriations Budget deficits and national debt Energy revenues and royalties Government trust funds Gulf of Mexico Hunting and fishing Land transfers Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Mining Oil and gas State and local finance Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Return Our State Shares Act

Introduced: November 7, 2013 Introduced by: Bennet, Michael F. Democratic · Colorado See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
Nov 7, 2013
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Return Our State Shares Act - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to exempt the following payments to states from any presidential sequestration order issued under that Act:

  • Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration (14-5029-0-2-303),
  • Financial assistance to states pursuant to the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 from the Land Acquisition and State Assistance account (14-5035-0-2-303),
  • Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund (20-8625-0-7-452),
  • Payments of states' shares from certain Gulf of Mexico leases (14-5535-0-2-302),
  • Payments to states under the Mineral Leasing Act and associated payments (14-5003-0-2-999), and
  • Sport Fish Restoration (14-8151-0-7-303).
What's happening now November 7, 2013

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Heinrich, Martin
New Mexico · Nov 7, 2013
 R
Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Nov 7, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1676: Return Our State Shares Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1676/
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