H.R. 280 119th Congress House

COAL Act of 2025

Official title: To require the Secretary of the Interior to take certain actions with respect to certain qualified coal applications, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 9, 2025 Introduced by: Harriet M. Hageman Republican · Wyoming See on congress.gov

Energy CoalEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchLicensing and registrationsMining

Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps

Introduced

In committee

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Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Sep 3, 2025

Subcommittee Hearings Held

Jul 2, 2025

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

Jan 9, 2025

Introduced in House

Jan 9, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Combating Obstruction Against Leasing Act of 2025 or the COAL Act of 2025

This bill requires the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to process certain applications to lease coal mineral estates owned by the federal government in order to develop coal.

If the environmental review process under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 has commenced for an application, then the BLM must publish a draft environmental assessment and any applicable implementing regulations, finalize the fair market value of the coal tract for which a lease by application is pending, take all intermediate actions necessary to grant the application, and grant the application.

With respect to previously awarded coal leases, the BLM must grant any additional approvals required for mining activities to commence.

Finally, the bill nullifies the Department of the Interior's Secretarial Order 3338, which placed a hold on most new federal coal leases until the BLM completes a comprehensive review of the federal coal program.

Hearings & markups 2

Legislative Hearing on the following bills: • H.R. 280 (Rep. Hageman), “Combatting Obstruction Against Leasing Act of…
Hearing Sep 3, 2025 · 10:15 AM EDT · Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee
Legislative Hearing on the following bills: • H.R. 280 (Rep. Hageman), “Combating Obstruction Against Leasing Act of …
Hearing Postponed Jul 8, 2025 · 2:00 PM EDT · Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee

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Committees of jurisdiction 2

Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Natural Resources Committee
Natural Resources Committee
House of Representatives

Lobbying activity 7

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION
for NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)
LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS
for LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30)
EARTHJUSTICE ACTION
for EARTHJUSTICE ACTION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30)
NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION
for NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30)
NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION
for NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30)
NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION
for NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
7 filings
SENATE
7 filings
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
6 filings
Interior, Dept of (DOI)
6 filings
Treasury, Dept of
6 filings
Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
5 filings
Energy, Dept of
5 filings
Executive Office of the President (EOP)
5 filings

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Cosponsors 4