A bill to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing any future Federal coal lands leases until certain requirements are satisfied and a report thereon submitted to the Congress, and for other purposes.
Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from issuing any Federal coal lands lease until the later of one year following enactment of this Act or the time when the Secretary has: (1) developed a detailed analysis of the economic and geographic variables affecting the value of each Federal coal lease; (2) published new internal procedures for conducting coal lease valuations; (3) published guidelines for additional and experimental bidding systems for regional coal sales; (4) calculated minimum regulating selling prices for coal leases in each Federal coal region on a cents per ton basis; (5) revised procedures for determing fair market value so as to include specific quantitative tests; (6) established written internal procedures for safeguarding coal lease pricing, economic valuation, and other proprietary data against unauthorized disclosures; and (7) submitted a report to the appropriate House and Senate committees.
Referred to Subcommittee on Mining, Forest Management and Bonneville Power Administration.