Certainty for States and Tribes Act
Latest action · Nov 22, 2016 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 654.
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.
- IntroducedMay 17, 2016
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Certainty for States and Tribes Act
(Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of the Interior to reestablish the Royalty Policy Committee, which must include members representing states and Indian tribes who produce minerals on federal or tribal land. In addition, Interior must establish a State and Tribal Resources Board, a subcommittee of the Royalty Policy Committee.
(Sec. 3) The board and committee must advise Interior as it formulates policies and regulations regarding mineral production on federal and tribal lands. Interior must delay issuing a final regulation for 180 days if the board determines that such regulation will have a negative state or tribal budgetary or economic impact.
(Sec. 4) The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) must complete by January 15, 2019, its programmatic review of the federal coal leasing program as described in Secretarial Order 3338, dated January 15, 2016. Secretarial Order 3338 directed the BLM to prepare a discretionary review of the federal coal program.
The moratorium on the issuance of new federal coal leases by the BLM shall terminate on January 16, 2019. Additionally, the bill allows leases and modifications to be issued by the BLM for any coal leasing application currently under review. Secretarial Order 3338 prohibited approval of such leases and modifications.
(Sec. 6) The bill also directs the BLM to conduct federal coal lease sales and modifications within one year after it completes an environmental analysis of an application.
Cosponsors 13
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 17, 2016 to Jun 14, 2016, with 7 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-OH | Bill Johnson | Original | May 17, 2016 |
| R-AR | Bruce Westerman | Original | May 17, 2016 |
| R-WY | Cynthia M. Lummis | Original | May 17, 2016 |
| R-WV | David B. McKinley | Original | May 17, 2016 |
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | Original | May 17, 2016 |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Original | May 17, 2016 |
| R-CO | Scott R. Tipton | Original | May 17, 2016 |
| R-MO | Jason Smith | May 24, 2016 | |
| R-CA | Tom McClintock | May 24, 2016 | |
| R-CA | Doug LaMalfa | Jun 9, 2016 | |
| R-WA | Dan Newhouse | Jun 10, 2016 | |
| R-TX | Pete Olson | Jun 14, 2016 | |
| R-NM | Stevan Pearce | Jun 14, 2016 |
Actions 12
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 22, 2016Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 654.
- Nov 22, 2016Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-833.
- Sep 8, 2016Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Sep 8, 2016Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 13.
- Sep 7, 2016Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2938 | Certainty for States and Tribes Act | Related bill | May 17, 2016 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Advisory bodies
- Coal
- Department of the Interior
- Economic performance and conditions
- Energy
- Energy revenues and royalties
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Federal-Indian relations
- Indian lands and resources rights
- Intergovernmental relations
- Mining
- Oil and gas
- State and local government operations
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 22, 2016Reported in House
- May 17, 2016Introduced in House
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