3.0.0 2681 2023-01-11T13:31:44Z 2023-01-11T13:31:44Z Senate S 2016-03-15 114 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2016-09-22T13:30:34Z Referred to 2016-03-15T19:25:21Z 2016-09-22 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-509. Committee 2016-03-15 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2016-03-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. N U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2016-03-15 True Public Lands and Natural Resources Coal Indian lands and resources rights Land transfers Mining New Mexico Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2016-03-15 Introduced in Senate 2016-07-11T15:45:38Z San Juan County Settlement Implementation Act of 2016

This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to retire any coal preference right lease application for which it has made an affirmative commercial quantities determination by:

  • issuing bidding rights in exchange for relinquishment of the application, and
  • making a payment to the relevant state of 50% of the dollar amount of any bidding right subsequently used in lieu of any monetary bonus in a coal lease sale or of rental or royalty under a federal coal lease.

Interior shall make such payments from amounts that would otherwise be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts under the Mineral Leasing Act.

The bill declares such bidding rights fully transferable to any other person.

The bill cancels specified land selections made by the Navajo Nation pursuant to the Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act of 1974. Subject to specified exclusions, the Navajo Nation may make new land selections to replace those canceled.

The bill designates approximately 7,242 acres of land as the Ah-shi-sle-pah Wilderness and incorporates approximately 2,250 acres of specified federal land into the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness.

]]> San Juan County Settlement Implementation Act of 2016 Display Title San Juan County Settlement Implementation Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to retire coal preference right lease applications for which the Secretary has made an affirmative commercial quantities determination, to substitute certain land selections of the Navajo Nation, to designate certain wilderness areas, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced San Juan County Settlement Implementation Act of 2016 Introduced in Senate 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2681is/xml/BILLS-114s2681is.xml 2016-09-22 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-509. 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.