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Federal Fossil Fuel Royalty Valuation (ONRR)

Current understanding

To be populated as evidence accumulates.

Evidence log

2025-12-11 — CLAIM Act of 2025: HR6674 (CLAIM Act of 2025, introduced and referred to House Natural Resources) is flagged as touching federal fossil fuel royalty/claim policy, but with no enacted text or committee findings available, its impact on ONRR valuation and appeals is undetermined. (novelty: 2)
2025-12-18 — Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2025: 2025 Secure Rural Schools reauthorization extends a parallel federal-lands revenue-sharing mechanism (payments to counties) distinct from ONRR royalty valuation but part of the same overall federal-lands receipts framework flowing to states and counties. (novelty: 2)
2026-03-25 — To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to provide for the payment of bonus payments of certain coal leases issued under that Act.: cross-connection with federal-coal-leasing-bonus-payments: Bonus payments and royalty valuation are two distinct revenue mechanisms for federal fossil fuel leases; changes to either affect total returns to the Treasury and states. (novelty: 2)
2026-06-10 — Oil and Gas and Sulfur Operations in the Outer Continental Shelf-Documents Incorporated by Reference: cross-connection with bsee-ocs-oil-gas-sulfur-operations: Updated OCS production measurement standards feed into the volumes and valuations used by ONRR for federal offshore royalty accounting. (novelty: 2)
2026-06-24 — Oil and Gas Leasing: Companion BLM proposed rule on oil and gas leasing would update royalty distribution rules under the Royalty Resiliency Act, complementing ONRR’s parallel work on royalty valuation and appeals. (novelty: 3)
2026-06-24 — Royalty for Oil and Gas Lost From Onshore Federal and Indian Leases: Related BLM proposed rule (separate from ONRR valuation) would modify royalty treatment for oil and gas lost from onshore federal and Indian leases, citing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and EO 14154 to reduce compliance burdens. (novelty: 2)