Notice to Lessees No. 5 Gas Royalty Act of 1987
Public Law 100-234 · H.R. 3479 · 100th Congress · began in the House
Signed by Ronald Reagan (R) on Jan 6, 1988 · Energy
Sponsor: Rep. Morris Udall (D-AZ-2)
Cosponsors (1): Rep. Nick Rahall
Passage votes
- HouseUnanimous consent
- SenateVoice vote
Data notes
The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
(House agreed to Senate amendment with an amendment)
Notice to Lessees No. 5 Gas Royalty Act of 1987 - Sets forth the calculations to be used in determining the value for royalty purposes of gas production from Federal onshore or Indian oil and gas leases during the period January 1, 1982, through July 31, 1986, which is within the coverage of certain provisions of the Notice of Lessees and Operators of Federal and Indian Onshore Oil and Gas leases Published May 4, 1977, (NTL-5). Prescribes the written documentation which must be furnished in order for the Secretary of the Interior to make royalty value determinations. Excludes from the application of this Act certain lessees or royalty payors who received less than the highest applicable price through failure to collect certain amounts rather than because of market conditions.
Directs the Secretary to: (1) publish in the Federal Register and send to each lessee or royalty payor of record for any Federal onshore oil and gas lease and for any Indian oil and gas lease a notice of the enactment and provisions of this Act; (2) conduct a case-by-case audit of such leases to determine their payment status and implement appropriate payments or refunds; and (3) report to each Indian Tribe holding an Indian oil and gas lease within the coverage of NTL-5 the difference between royalties computed under NTL-5 and those computed under this Act. Prescribes procedures for refunding royalties previously paid for either Federal onshore or Indian oil and gas leases. Sets forth recordkeeping requirements for lessees and payors relating to the value of gas production for the period January 1, 1982, through July 31, 1986.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Senate · markup by, referred to, reported bySubcommittee: Energy Production and Regulation Subcommittee
Data notes
A committee links to its page only where it exists in the current Congress; older and renamed committees are named without a link.
Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 20 actions.
- Jan 6, 1988Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 100-234.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Dec 30, 1987PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Dec 21, 1987Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate receded from its amendment to the title by Voice Vote.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to the House amendment to the Senate amendment by Voice Vote.
- Dec 19, 1987FloorFloor · Message on House action received in Senate and held at desk: House amendment to Senate amendment. And disagreement to the Senate amendment to the title.
- Dec 18, 1987Resolving differencesResolving differences · House Disagreed to Senate Amendments by Unanimous Consent.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · House Concurred, in Senate Amendments , with Amendments by Unanimous Consent.
- Dec 9, 1987FloorFloor · Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote.
- Dec 4, 1987CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
- Dec 2, 1987CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
- Nov 4, 1987CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Energy Production and Regulation Subcommittee of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
- Nov 3, 1987FloorFloor · Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- FloorFloor · House Agreed to Amendments Adopted by the Committee of the Whole.
- FloorFloor · Rule Passed House.
- Oct 15, 1987CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Natural Resources Committee
- Oct 14, 1987CommitteeCommittee · Markup by House Natural Resources Committee
- Oct 13, 1987CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Natural Resources Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the House
Data notes
Shows the introduction, each committee and subcommittee step the source dates (referral, hearings, markup, report, discharge), and the floor, conference, presidential and became-law steps. Calendar placements, messages between the chambers, amendments and committee report numbers are not shown for laws before the 108th Congress. Two entries the source lists twice are shown once.
Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.