MINERAL LEASING ACT

Bills and resolutions

Allegheny National Forest: protect private mineral rights (see H.R. 3881), H7623 [3NO]

BLM: increase royalty rate for coal produced from surface mines on Federal land and prohibit export of coal produced on Federal land (see S. 2339), S8241 [1DE]

Dept. of the Interior: convey to States all right, title, and interest in, and to a percentage of, the mineral royalties and other amounts required to be paid relative to public land and deposits in the State (see S. 500), S982 [12FE] (see H.R. 945), H1034 [12FE]

——— grant rights-of-way on Federal land under the Mineral Leasing Act (see S. 1196), S2650 [5MY]

——— identify and designate National Energy Security Corridors for the construction of natural gas pipelines on Federal land (see H.R. 2295), H2957 [13MY]

——— improve coal leasing (see S. 1340), S2933 [14MY]

——— improve coal royalties by collecting royalties based on actual market value of the coal and increasing transparency and standardizing the royalty collection process (see S. 1891), S6136 [29JY] (see H.R. 3303), H5763 [29JY]

——— require payment to counties of a portion of revenues received by the U.S. under Federal oil and gas leases (see H.R. 3357), H5765 [29JY]

Helium: promote a greater domestic supply, establish a Federal leasing program for public land, and secure a supply for national defense and Federal researchers (see S. 1226), S2688 [6MY]

Power resources: eliminate certain subsidies for fossil-fuel production (see S. 1041), S2351 [22AP] (see H.R. 1930), H2415 [22AP]

Remarks in House

Allegheny National Forest: protect private mineral rights (H.R. 3881), H7396 [3NO]

Dept. of the Interior: identify and designate National Energy Security Corridors for the construction of natural gas pipelines on Federal land, H8844 [1DE]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of the Interior: improve coal royalties by collecting royalties based on actual market value of the coal and increasing transparency and standardizing the royalty collection process (S. 1891), S6140 [29JY]

Reports filed

National Energy Security Corridors Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 2295) (H. Rept. 114–285), H6835 [6OC]

Texts of

S. 1891, Coal Royalty Fairness Act, S6140 [29JY]