3.0.0 3079 2023-01-11T13:32:38Z 2023-01-11T13:32:38Z Senate S 2016-06-21 114 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-06-21T19:16:12Z 2016-06-21 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2016-06-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT N Energy Administrative law and regulatory procedures Advisory bodies Coal Department of the Interior Energy revenues and royalties Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Government studies and investigations Indian lands and resources rights Land use and conservation Mining Energy 00 2016-06-21 Introduced in Senate 2017-03-27T19:35:57Z Fairness, Accountability, and Certainty for Taxpayers in Coal Leasing Act

This bill establishes a deadline for the Department of the Interior to complete a comprehensive review of the federal coal leasing program.The review, in the form of a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement, is designed to ensure that the federal coal program is properly structured to provide a fair return to taxpayers and toreflect its impacts on the environment, while continuing to helpmeet energy needs.

In addition, Interior shall reestablish the Royalty Policy Committee to ensure consultation among state, tribal, environmental, energy, and federal stakeholders.The committee must provide advice to Interior on the management of federal and Indian mineral leases and shall be composed of federal and non-federal members.

The bill also requires Interior to authorize earlier emergency coal leasing than is currently authorized under federal regulations.

]]> Fairness, Accountability, and Certainty for Taxpayers in Coal Leasing Act Display Title Fairness, Accountability, and Certainty for Taxpayers in Coal Leasing Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to improve the management of the Federal coal leasing program. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Fairness, Accountability, and Certainty for Taxpayers in Coal Leasing Act Introduced in Senate 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s3079is/xml/BILLS-114s3079is.xml 2016-06-21 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.