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HR 280 · introduced · significant

COAL Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • The bill requires the Bureau of Land Management to process applications for federal coal leases and complete environmental reviews.
  • Coal companies and the federal government's mineral estate management are affected by this requirement.
  • The bill overrides a 2021 moratorium on new federal coal leases, requiring action within the existing NEPA review process.

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  1. 01

    How would restarting federal coal leases affect the government's revenue from mineral royalties compared to current budget projections?

  2. 02

    What environmental review standards would apply to new coal leases under NEPA, and how do they differ from the 2021 moratorium's requirements?

  3. 03

    Which communities and industries depend on federal coal leasing decisions, and how might this bill's requirement to process applications change their economic prospects?

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Sponsor · R-WY

Harriet M. Hageman

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Introduced 2025-09-03

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-09-03 · house · Committee

    Subcommittee Hearings Held

  2. 2025-07-02 · house · Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

  3. 2025-01-09 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

  4. 2025-01-09 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  5. 2025-01-09 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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