3.0.0 2110 2020-01-29T20:27:51Z 2020-01-29T20:27:51Z Senate S S 2012-02-15 112 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2012-02-15T17:23:47Z Montana Mineral Conveyance Act 112 1158 HR 2011-12-01 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 199. Related bill CRS Montana Mineral Conveyance Act 112 647 S 2011-03-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Related bill CRS 2012-02-15 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2012-02-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000243 Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] MAX BAUCUS D MT SIEBEN N T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2012-02-15 True Public Lands and Natural Resources Coal Government information and archives Indian claims Indian lands and resources rights Land transfers Mining Montana Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2012-02-15 Introduced in Senate 2012-03-13T18:41:44Z Northern Cheyenne Land Consolidation Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, if Great Northern Properties conveys to the Northern Cheyenne Indian Tribe all its mineral interests underlying specified tracts of land in Montana within the Tribe's reservation (the Cheyenne tracts), to convey to Great Northern Properties all interest of the United States to the coal underlying specified federal tracts in Montana outside the Tribe's reservation.

Requires the Secretary to terminate any existing federal lease to Signal Peak Energy for the coal underlying the Bull Mountains portion of those federal tracts.

Conditions these conveyances on: (1) Great Northern Properties and the Tribe agreeing on a revenue sharing formula for all coal produced from the federal tracts, and (2) Great Northern Properties and Signal Peak Energy agreeing on a lease for the coal underlying the Bull Mountains portion of the federal tracts.

Requires the Northern Cheyenne Tribe to waive each legal claim relating to the failure of the United States to acquire in trust for the Tribe the private mineral interests underlying the Cheyenne tracts as part of the Tribe's reservation.

Prohibits the strip mining of the coal under the Bull Mountains portion of the federal tracts on the completion of this Act's mineral conveyances.

Require Signal Peak Energy, as a condition of the conveyances, to report on the effects of subsidence in the Bull Mountains portion of the federal tracts.

]]> Northern Cheyenne Land Consolidation Act Short Titles as Introduced Northern Cheyenne Land Consolidation Act Display Title Northern Cheyenne Land Consolidation Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to settle claims of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe by authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to convey mineral rights in the State of Montana, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2012-02-15T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s2110is/xml/BILLS-112s2110is.xml 2012-02-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. 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.