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A bill to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to increase the royalty rate for coal produced from surface mines on Federal land, to prohibit the export of coal produced on Federal land, and for other…

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A bill to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to increase the royalty rate for coal produced from surface mines on Federal land, to prohibit the export of coal produced on Federal land, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 1, 2015 Introduced by: Markey, Edward J. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
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Dec 1, 2015
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill amends the the Mineral Leasing Act (MLA) to direct the Department of the Interior to require that coal lease royalty payments from a new or renewed coal lease on federal land be at least 50% of the value of coal.

The Energy Policy and Conservation Act is amended to direct the President to promulgate a rule prohibiting the export of coal produced in the U.S. on federal land.

Interior shall not conduct a new lease sale, or enter into a new lease, for coal subject to the MLA until it certifies to Congress that this Act and its amendments have been implemented.

What's happening now December 1, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Dec 1, 2015
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Dec 1, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2339: A bill to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to increase the royalty rate for coal produced from surface mines on Federal land, to prohibit the export of coal produced on Federal land, and for other purposes.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2339/
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"S. 2339: A bill to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to increase the royalty rate for coal produced from surface mines on Federal land, to prohibit the export of coal produced on Federal land, and for other purposes.." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2339/.
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S. 2339, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2339/.
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