US Congress House Bill 5259 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 14)
Status: Introduced on May 17 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-11-22 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 654.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Certainty for States and Tribes Act This bill directs the Department of the Interior to reestablish the Royalty Policy Committee, which should include members representing states and Indian tribes who produce minerals on federal or tribal land. In addition, Interior must establish a State and Tribal Resources Board, a subcommittee to the Royalty Policy Committee. The board and committee must advise Interior as it formulates policies and regulations regarding mineral production on federal and tribal lands. The board can delay the issuance of a final regulation by Interior if the board determines that such regulation will have a negative state or Tribal budgetary or economic impact. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) must complete by January 15, 2019, its programmatic review of the federal coal leasing program as described in Secretarial Order 3338. Secretarial Order 3338 directed the BLM to prepare a discretionary review of the federal coal program. (Interior issued Secretarial Order 3338 on January 15, 2016.) The moratorium on the issuance of new federal coal leases by the BLM shall terminate on January 16, 2019. Additionally, the bill allows leases and modifications to be issued by the BLM for any coal leasing application currently under review. Secretarial Order 3338 prohibited approval of such leases and modifications. The bill also directs the BLM to conduct federal coal lease sales and modifications within one year after it completes an analysis of an application.

Certainty for States and Tribes Act

Rep. Ryan Zinke [R-MT]	Sen. Cynthia Lummis [R-WY]	Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]	Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]
Rep. Paul Gosar [R-AZ]	Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]	Rep. Bruce Westerman [R-AR]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]
Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA]	Rep. Jason Smith [R-MO]	Rep. Doug LaMalfa [R-CA]	Rep. Dan Newhouse [R-WA]
Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]	Rep. Stevan Pearce [R-NM]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-11-22	House	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 654.
2016-11-22	House	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-833.
2016-09-08	House	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 13.
2016-09-08	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2016-09-07	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2016-09-07	House	Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs Discharged.
2016-09-07	House	Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged.
2016-06-14	House	Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2016-05-23	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
2016-05-23	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
2016-05-17	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
2016-05-17	House	Introduced in House

SB2938 (Related) 2016-05-17 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2879-2880)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5259/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr5259/BILLS-114hr5259ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr5259/BILLS-114hr5259rh.pdf