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HR 1158 112th Congress House

Montana Mineral Conveyance Act

Official title: To authorize the conveyance of mineral rights by the Secretary of the Interior in the State of Montana, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 17, 2011 See on congress.gov
Public Lands and Natural Resources CoalIndian claimsIndian lands and resources rightsLand transfers
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 Everywhere this bill has been 11 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 1, 2011
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-299.
Dec 1, 2011
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 199.
Jul 20, 2011
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Jul 20, 2011
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 20, 2011
Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs Discharged.
Jul 20, 2011
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged.
Jun 22, 2011
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Mar 21, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
Mar 21, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Mar 17, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Mar 17, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Latest action December 1, 2011

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 199.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Montana Mineral Conveyance Act - (Sec. 4) Requires the Secretary of the Interior, if Great Northern Properties Limited Partnership (the Great Northern Properties) conveys to the Northern Cheyenne Indian Tribe all its mineral interests underlying specified aggregate tracts of land in Montana within the Tribe's reservation (the Cheyenne tracts), to convey to Great Northern Properties all interest of the United States in and to the coal underlying specified unleased federal tracts in Montana outside of the Tribe's reservation.

Prohibits the mineral interests underlying the Cheyenne tracts conveyed to the Tribe from being subject to taxation by the state of Montana.

(Sec. 5) Requires the Northern Cheyenne Tribe to waive all legal claims arising from the continuing failure of the United States to acquire for the Tribe the mineral rights underlying the Cheyenne tracts as part of the Tribe's reservation as directed by Congress in 1900.

Instructs the Northern Cheyenne Tribe and Great Northern Properties to jointly notify the Secretary in writing when they have agreed on a formula for the sharing of revenue from the coal produced from the federal tracts. Requires, after such condition is satisfied and within 90 days of the Secretary receiving such written notification, the completion of the mineral conveyances under this Act in a single transaction.

Allows the Secretary or Great Northern Properties, if any part of such conveyances is invalidated by a federal district court and the court's judgment is not vacated or reversed on appeal, to rescind each such conveyance. Requires, if such a rescission is carried out, the Tribe's waiver to be considered as being rescinded.

(Sec. 6) Specifies this Act's effect on the eligibility of the Tribe or its members to receive other federal benefits or services.

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