US Congress House Bill 1820 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on April 15 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-03-10 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 341.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to retire coal preference right lease applications for which the Secretary has made an affirmative commercial quantities determination, and for other purposes. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to retire any coal preference right lease application for which an affirmative commercial quantities determination has been made, by issuing bidding rights in exchange for relinquishment of the application, including payment to the relevant state of 50% of the dollar amount of any bidding right subsequently used in lieu of any monetary payment of a bonus in a coal lease sale or of rental or royalty under a federal coal lease. Requires the Secretary to make such payments from revenues received under federal mineral leases. Declares such bidding rights to be fully transferable to any other person. Terminates a bidding right five years from its date of issue, not counting any period in which exercise of the bidding right is precluded by temporary injunctive relief granted under, or administrative, legislative, or judicial suspension of, the federal coal leasing program.

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to retire coal preference right lease applications for which the Secretary has made an affirmative commercial quantities determination, and for other purposes.

Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]

Sen. Cynthia Lummis [R-WY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-10	House	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 341.
2016-03-10	House	Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-446.
2015-10-08	House	Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
2015-10-08	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2015-10-08	House	Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged.
2015-10-07	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2015-04-30	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
2015-04-15	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
2015-04-15	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1820/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr1820/BILLS-114hr1820ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr1820/BILLS-114hr1820rh.pdf