3.0.0 2790 2023-01-14T22:48:46Z 2023-01-14T22:48:46Z Senate S S 2004-09-10 108 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Other Referred to 2004-09-10T18:04:28Z 2004-09-10 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9077-9078) IntroReferral 2004-09-10 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9077) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2004-09-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000407 Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] PETE DOMENICI R NM VICHI N Native Americans Coal Energy Federal advisory bodies Federal-Indian relations Government Operations and Politics Indian claims Indian lands Land transfers Mineral reserves Mining claims Mining royalties Minorities New Mexico Public Lands and Natural Resources Revenue sharing Valuation Native Americans 00 2004-09-10 Introduced in Senate 2005-01-19T21:05:05Z Bisti PRLA Dispute Resolution Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Land Management, if any of specified coal preference right lease applications are withdrawn by the holder or holders of those applications, to issue to each such holder a certificate of bidding rights that constitutes the combined fair market value of the coal reserves for each coal preference right lease application withdrawn by the holder. Provides that such withdrawals and issuances shall occur without any further adjudication of coal preference right lease applications.

Directs the Secretary to establish a panel to determine the fair market value of the coal reserves of any coal preference right applications withdrawn under this Act. Instructs the Secretary to contract with a qualified coal reserve appraiser to assist the panel.

Directs the Secretary, after the withdrawal of a coal preference right lease application, to: (1) issue to the Navajo Nation patents to the land, including the mineral estate, subject to such withdrawn application in full and final satisfaction of the right of the Navajo Nation to select land in New Mexico and to facilitate land consolidation and mineral development in northwest New Mexico; and (2) issue a certificate of bidding rights in the amount of the fair market value of the coal reserves of such application. Provides that the Secretary's duties in issuing such patents and certificates shall be considered nondiscretionary and enforceable in a mandamus proceeding.

Sets forth provisions regarding the use of exchange bidding rights.

]]> Bisti PRLA Dispute Resolution Act Display Title Bisti PRLA Dispute Resolution Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide the conveyance of certain public land in northwestern New Mexico by resolving a dispute associated with coal preference right lease interests on the land. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Bisti PRLA Dispute Resolution Act Introduced in Senate 2004-09-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-108s2790is/xml/BILLS-108s2790is.xml 2004-09-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9077-9078) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.