Congress 107 - HR 1710 - Powder River Basin Resource Development Act of 2001

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Administrative remedies Civil actions and liability Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Coal Commerce Contracts Damages Department of the Interior Energy Finance and Financial Sector Gas industry Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Judicial review of administrative acts Land use Law Liability (Law) Licenses Methane Mining leases Mining royalties Montana Natural gas reserves Oil and gas leases Oil and gas royalties Oil well drilling Petroleum industry Petroleum reserves Prospecting Public Lands and Natural Resources Right of petition Strip mining Valuation Water Resources Development Watersheds Wyoming

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Powder River Basin Resource Development Act of 2001 - Authorizes and encourages Federal coal lessees and oil and gas developers to enter into a written agreement that details operations, and assigns or assesses costs or compensation regarding the contemporaneous concurrent, or sequential development of coal, natural gas, and oil in the Powder River Basin.

Prescribes guidelines for petitions to a U.S. district court and court proceedings for relief and assignment of a development priority in the event that a Federal coal lessee and an oil and gas developer do not reach such an agreement.

Declares that this Act does not serve as precedent for leasing for mineral development outside of any common area within the Powder River Basin.

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May 14, 2001

Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
May 14, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
May 3, 2001

Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
May 3, 2001

Introduced in House

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