[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2339 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2339

To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to increase the royalty rate for coal 
produced from surface mines on Federal land, to prohibit the export of 
         coal produced on Federal land, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            December 1, 2015

Mr. Markey (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, and Mr. Whitehouse) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
                    on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to increase the royalty rate for coal 
produced from surface mines on Federal land, to prohibit the export of 
         coal produced on Federal land, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ROYALTY RATE FOR COAL LEASES.

    (a) In General.--Section 7(a) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 
207(a)) is amended in the fourth sentence by striking ``not less than'' 
and all that follows through ``of the value of coal'' and inserting 
``not less than 50 percent of the value of coal''.
    (b) Effect of Amendment.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
shall apply to any coal lease entered into or renewed under the Mineral 
Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) on or after the date of enactment 
of this Act.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON EXPORT OF COAL PRODUCED ON FEDERAL LAND.

    Section 103(b) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 
6212(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(3) Prohibition on Export of Coal Produced on Federal Land.--Not 
later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the 
President shall exercise the authority provided for in subsection (a) 
to promulgate a rule prohibiting the export of coal produced in the 
United States on Federal land.''.

SEC. 3. MORATORIUM ON NEW COAL LEASE SALES PENDING IMPLEMENTATION.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the 
Interior shall not conduct a new lease sale, or enter into a new lease, 
for coal subject to the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) 
until the Secretary certifies to Congress that this Act and the 
amendments made by this Act have been implemented.
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