[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2910 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2910

 To provide that an order by the Secretary of the Interior imposing a 
moratorium on Federal coal leasing shall not take effect unless a joint 
       resolution of approval is enacted, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 22, 2019

  Ms. Cheney introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide that an order by the Secretary of the Interior imposing a 
moratorium on Federal coal leasing shall not take effect unless a joint 
       resolution of approval is enacted, 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. CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL FOR ORDER BY SECRETARY OF THE 
              INTERIOR IMPOSING A MORATORIUM ON FEDERAL COAL LEASING.

    An order by the Secretary of the Interior imposing a moratorium on 
Federal coal leasing shall have no force or effect unless--
            (1) the Secretary submits to Congress the proposed order; 
        and
            (2) a joint resolution that approves the order is enacted 
        within 30 legislative days after the proposed order is received 
        by Congress.

SEC. 2. RESCISSION OF MORATORIUM ON COAL LEASING.

    Secretarial Order 3338, issued by the Secretary of Interior on 
January 15, 2016, shall have no force or effect.
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