Fiscal year disbursements
Money paid to states, counties, Tribes and individual Indian mineral owners, and federal funds from energy and mineral revenue collected by the Office of Natural Resources Revenue, totaled by fiscal year.
Disbursements by fiscal year and recipient
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| Native American | $224,798,714 | $852,843,250 | $560,480,180 | $675,911,018 | $1,022,639,519 | $1,139,867,748 | $1,003,993,549 | $974,591,177 | $1,590,792,866 | $1,431,322,406 | $1,180,277,165 | $995,829,308 | $918,146,704 | $12,571,493,601 |
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| Total | $224,798,714 | $852,843,250 | $560,480,180 | $675,911,018 | $1,022,639,519 | $1,139,867,748 | $1,003,993,549 | $974,591,177 | $1,590,792,866 | $1,431,322,406 | $1,180,277,165 | $995,829,308 | $918,146,704 | $12,571,493,601 |
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Scope
This dataset includes natural resource disbursements for U.S. federal lands, federal offshore areas, and Native American lands. It does not include privately owned lands or U.S. state lands. Disbursements of revenue from extractive activities on U.S. federal lands occur bi-weekly.
The dataset is tracked and managed by the Department of the Interior's Office of Natural Resources Revenue. The data contains disbursement payments by fiscal year to state and local governments, designated funds, and the U.S. Treasury. The data is presented by fiscal year, from fiscal year 2003 through the most recently completed fiscal year.
Data publication
We publish fiscal year totals once the data for the most recently completed fiscal year is available. Figures for the current fiscal year remain preliminary until it closes.
Data dictionary
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| Field | Definition |
|---|---|
| Date | The fiscal year in which the disbursement occurred. |
| Fund Type | The type of recipient receiving the disbursement. |
| BLM–Nat Petrol Reserve–2 | Funds from oil and gas leases directed to the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska. |
| Bureau of Land Management | Certain funds are directed back to the federal agencies that administer these lands and waters. These funds help cover the agencies' operational costs. |
| Bureau of Ocean Energy Management | Certain funds are directed back to the federal agencies that administer these lands and waters. These funds help cover the agencies' operational costs. |
| Bureau of Safety & Environmental Enforcement | Certain funds are directed back to the federal agencies that administer these lands and waters. These funds help cover the agencies' operational costs. |
| Fish & Wildlife | Certain funds are directed back to the federal agencies that administer these lands and waters. These funds help cover the agencies' operational costs. |
| Forest Service | Certain funds are directed back to the federal agencies that administer these lands and waters. These funds help cover the agencies' operational costs. |
| Land & Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) | This fund provides matching grants to states and local governments. Using these grants, governments buy and develop public outdoor recreation areas across the 50 states. |
| Land and Water Conservation Fund GOMESA | The Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA) (Gulf of America) of 2006 specifies that 12.5% of revenues from certain Gulf of America leases be directed to the LWCF stateside program. States can receive up to $125 million a year in funding. This portion of LWCF funds is not subject to the congressional appropriation process. Otherwise, they are treated similarly to regular LWCF funds. |
| Lease Process Improvement (BLM) | This fund was established to support the coordination and processing of oil and gas leases on federal onshore land. |
| Native American Tribes & Allottees | ONRR disburses 100% of revenue collected from resource extraction on Native American lands back to Native American tribes, nations, and individual Indian landowners. |
| Reclamation Fund | Established by Congress in 1902. Funds the development of irrigation projects on arid and semiarid lands of the 17 western states. |
| State | Funds disbursed to states fall under the jurisdiction of each state. Each state determines how the funds will be used. |
| State 8(g) | 27% of revenue from leases in the 8(g) Zone are shared with states. The 8(g) Zone is the first three nautical miles of the Outer Continental Shelf. |
| State GOMESA | 37.5% of revenue from certain leases in the Gulf of America are shared with Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. |
| U.S. Treasury | Funds disbursed to the Treasury go to the General Fund, which is the federal government's basic operating fund. The General Fund pays for roughly two-thirds of all federal expenditures, including the U.S. military, national parks, and schools. |
| U.S. Treasury GOMESA | The Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA) (Gulf of America) of 2006 specifies that 50% of revenues from certain Gulf of America leases be directed to the U.S. Treasury. |
| Land Category | Whether the origin of the revenue being disbursed is offshore or onshore. |
| Disbursement Type | Disbursement types are guided by revenue-sharing legislation and agreements. For example, GOMESA and 8(g) direct portions of offshore revenue to states, local governments, and designated funds. Disbursements from the production of geothermal energy is also shared with county governments. |
| State | The state that received the disbursement in accordance with revenue-sharing legislation. |
| County | The county, parish, or borough that received the disbursement in accordance with revenue-sharing legislation. |
| Category (dollar) | Includes the phases of lease payments. |
| Bonuses | The amount paid by the highest bidder for a natural resource lease. |
| Rents | The annual payment for leasing lands or waters before production starts. |
| Royalties | Payments for extracted natural resources, determined by a percentage of the resources' production value. |
| Other Distributions | Revenues from fees and civil penalties. |
| Sequestration | This represents statutory spending limits which are withheld from certain government programs. Some program funds are returned in following fiscal year. |
| Commodity | Refers to the commodity that generated the revenue. For oil and gas, the commodity listed depends on the phase of production. Since it's unknown whether a lease will produce oil, gas, or both, the two commodities are combined in the bonus and rent phases and listed as "Oil & Gas (pre-production)." Clay, Coal, Copper, Gas, Geothermal, Gilsonite, Gold, Hardrock, Lead/Zinc, Limestone, Oil, Oil & Gas (pre-production), Oil Shale, Phosphate, Potassium, Quartz, Sodium, Wind |
| Disbursement | The amount disbursed. |
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Key terms: Disbursement · GOMESA · Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) · 8(g)