The Combating Obstruction Against Leasing Act of 2025, or COAL Act, aims to accelerate and ensure the approval of specific federal coal lease applications. It mandates the Secretary of the Interior to take all necessary actions, including publishing draft environmental assessments and finalizing fair market value, to grant qualified coal applications that were pending and had commenced environmental review as of the bill's enactment date. Furthermore, the bill requires the Secretary to approve any additional Department of the Interior permits needed for mining activities to begin on previously awarded coal leases. A significant provision of this Act is the declaration that Secretarial Order 3338 , which established the federal coal moratorium in 2016, shall have no force or effect, thereby lifting the moratorium and allowing for future federal coal leasing.