BARRETT, Circuit Judge.
This case involves the interplay of two federal statutes, the Mineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920, 30 U.S.C. §§ 181 et seq., and the Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act of 1980, 26 I.R.C. §§ 4986 et seq. The Mineral Lands Leasing Act (Mineral Act) directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay fifty percent (50%) of all mineral royalties received from federal lands to the states in which the leased federal lands...
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