Powder River Basin Resource Development Act
Latest action · Oct 11, 2001 Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 25, 2001
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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 or outside the Powder River Basin.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Sep 25, 2001 |
| Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee | Referred Oct 1, 2001Hearings Oct 11, 2001 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 11, 2001Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Oct 1, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
- Sep 25, 2001Introduced in House
- Sep 25, 2001Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 107-66 | H.R. 295251 pages | Natural Resources Committee | Oct 11, 2001 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To ensure the orderly development of coal, coalbed methane, natural gas, and oil within a designated Dispute Resolution Area in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Powder River Basin Resource Development Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Administrative remedies
- Civil actions and liability
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Coal
- Commerce
- Compensation (Law)
- Contracts
- Department of the Interior
- District courts
- Energy
- Gas industry
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Judicial review of administrative acts
- Land use
- Law
- Liability (Law)
- Methane
- Mining leases
- Mining royalties
- Natural gas reserves
- Oil and gas leases
- Oil and gas royalties
- Petroleum industry
- Petroleum reserves
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Rent
- Valuation
- Wyoming
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 25, 2001Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
