[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 520 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 520

 To provide that an order or action by the President, Secretary of the 
Interior, or Department of the Interior official imposing a moratorium 
  on 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

                            January 28, 2021

Ms. Cheney (for herself, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr. Perry, Mr. Newhouse, Mr. 
Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Mullin, Mr. McKinley, Mr. Reschenthaler, 
Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. Meuser, Mr. Mooney, Mr. Allen, Mr. Joyce 
 of Pennsylvania, Mr. Estes, and Mr. Fallon) introduced the following 
     bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide that an order or action by the President, Secretary of the 
Interior, or Department of the Interior official imposing a moratorium 
  on 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Safeguarding Coal Leasing Act of 
2021''.

SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL FOR AN ORDER OR ACTION BY THE PRESIDENT, 
              SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, OR DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
              OFFICIAL IMPOSING A MORATORIUM ON COAL LEASING.

    Any order or action by the President, Secretary of the Interior, or 
Department of Interior official with delegated authority that has the 
effect of placing a moratorium on coal leasing shall have no force or 
effect unless--
            (1) the proposed order or action is submitted to Congress; 
        and
            (2) a joint resolution that approves the order or action is 
        enacted within 30 legislative days after receipt of such 
        proposed order or action.
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