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To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to retire coal preference right lease applications for which the Secretary has made an affirmative commercial quantities determination, to substitute certain land selections of the Navajo Nation, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressHR-2402| House 
| Updated: 10/4/2017
Ben Ray Luján

Ben Ray Luján

Democratic Representative

New Mexico

Cosponsors (5)
Tom O'Halleran (Democratic)Doug Lamborn (Republican)Liz Cheney (Republican)James Comer (Republican)Scott R. Tipton (Republican)

Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee, Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee, Natural Resources Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
San Juan County Settlement Implementation Act This bill provides that if the Department of the Interior retires a coal preference right lease application under the Mineral Leasing Act by issuing a bidding right in exchange for the relinquishment of such application, such bidding right may subsequently be used in lieu of 50% of the amount owed for any monetary payment of: (1) a bonus in a coal lease sale; or (2) rental or royalty under a federal coal lease. Interior shall calculate a payment of the amounts owed to a relevant state pursuant to such Act based on the combined value of the bidding rights and the amounts received. Interior shall make such payments to a relevant state from monetary payments received by Interior when bidding rights are exercised pursuant to this bill. A bidding right issued for a coal preference right lease application under such Act shall be fully transferable to any other person. Such bidding right shall terminate seven years after it is issued. The bill cancels specified land selections made by the Navajo Nation pursuant to the Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act of 1974 and authorizes such nation to make land selections equal in value to those canceled, subject to an acreage cap, specified land exclusions, and a seven-year deadline.
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Timeline
May 8, 2017
Introduced in House
May 8, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
May 16, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
May 16, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Oct 4, 2017
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
  • May 8, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • May 8, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.


  • May 16, 2017
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.


  • May 16, 2017
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.


  • October 4, 2017
    Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Public Lands and Natural Resources

Related Bills

  • S 115-436: San Juan County Settlement Implementation Act
CoalIndian lands and resources rightsLand transfersMiningNew Mexico

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to retire coal preference right lease applications for which the Secretary has made an affirmative commercial quantities determination, to substitute certain land selections of the Navajo Nation, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressHR-2402| House 
| Updated: 10/4/2017
San Juan County Settlement Implementation Act This bill provides that if the Department of the Interior retires a coal preference right lease application under the Mineral Leasing Act by issuing a bidding right in exchange for the relinquishment of such application, such bidding right may subsequently be used in lieu of 50% of the amount owed for any monetary payment of: (1) a bonus in a coal lease sale; or (2) rental or royalty under a federal coal lease. Interior shall calculate a payment of the amounts owed to a relevant state pursuant to such Act based on the combined value of the bidding rights and the amounts received. Interior shall make such payments to a relevant state from monetary payments received by Interior when bidding rights are exercised pursuant to this bill. A bidding right issued for a coal preference right lease application under such Act shall be fully transferable to any other person. Such bidding right shall terminate seven years after it is issued. The bill cancels specified land selections made by the Navajo Nation pursuant to the Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act of 1974 and authorizes such nation to make land selections equal in value to those canceled, subject to an acreage cap, specified land exclusions, and a seven-year deadline.
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Timeline
May 8, 2017
Introduced in House
May 8, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
May 16, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
May 16, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Oct 4, 2017
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
  • May 8, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • May 8, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.


  • May 16, 2017
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.


  • May 16, 2017
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.


  • October 4, 2017
    Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Ben Ray Luján

Ben Ray Luján

Democratic Representative

New Mexico

Cosponsors (5)
Tom O'Halleran (Democratic)Doug Lamborn (Republican)Liz Cheney (Republican)James Comer (Republican)Scott R. Tipton (Republican)

Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee, Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee, Natural Resources Committee

Public Lands and Natural Resources

Related Bills

  • S 115-436: San Juan County Settlement Implementation Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
CoalIndian lands and resources rightsLand transfersMiningNew Mexico