[thackney]

When the federal government share of the oil royalty money went up, leaving less for the states,

Then I don't understand what you were trying to say here.

[Lion Den Dan]

Oil companies pay money to extract oil from federal lands or waters. Part of that money goes to the state to pay for such thing as use and abuse of infrastructure. Under this new bill, the state gets less, the fed get more. As simple as I can make it.