HR 3767 · 98th Congress · Energy

A bill to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing Federal coal leases prior to May 1, 1984, unless certain requirements are satisfied, to encourage certain exchanges of lands containing coal deposits, and to provide preconditions for the San Juan Basin lease sale, and for other purposes.

Introduced 1983-08-03· Sponsored by Rep. Richardson, Bill [D-NM-3]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
2
Committee
3
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Referred to Subcommittee on Mining, Forest Management and Bonneville Power Administration.(1983-08-25)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from issuing Federal coal leases prior to May 1, 1984, unless the Secretary: (1) has developed an analysis of the economic and geographic variables affecting the value of each Federal coal lease; (2) has prepared and published new internal procedures for conducting coal lease valuations; (3) has developed and published guidelines for additional and experimental bidding systems for regional coal sales; (4) has calculated minimum regulatory selling prices for coal leases in each Federal coal region on a cents per ton basis; (5) has revised the procedures for determining fair market value so as to include specific quantitative tests; (6) has established written internal procedures for safeguarding coal lease pricing, economic valuation, and other proprietary data against unauthorized disclosure; and (7) has submitted to the appropriate congressional committees a report detailing the specific actions taken to implement clauses one through six. Directs the Secretary to actively pursue a land exchange program to exchange Federal lands under the administrative jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management containing coal deposits for non-Federal lan…

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