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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…

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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.

Introduced: July 23, 2014 Introduced by: Luján, Ben Ray Democratic · New Mexico See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 9 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 22, 2014
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 535.
Dec 22, 2014
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-704.
Nov 19, 2014
Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
Nov 19, 2014
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Nov 19, 2014
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged.
Sep 17, 2014
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Jul 30, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Jul 23, 2014
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Jul 23, 2014
Introduced in House
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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.

What's happening now December 22, 2014

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 535.

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 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Lummis, Cynthia M.
Wyoming · Jul 23, 2014
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5176: 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.. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-5176/
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"H.R. 5176: 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.." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-5176/.
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H.R. 5176, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-5176/.
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