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S. 1634 (98th)

A bill to amend the Mineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920 and for other purposes.

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Introduced

18 July 1983

Last action

18 October 1983 · Committee

Status

Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. Hearings held.

Sponsors

Sen. Wallop, Malcolm [R-WY], Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM], Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM], Sen. Hecht, Chic [R-NV], Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK], Sen. Nickles, Don [R-OK], Sen. Simpson, Alan K. [R-WY], Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT], Sen. Garn, E. J. (Jake) [R-UT], Sen. Boren, David L. [D-OK]

Subjects

Energy

Source updated

24 March 2026

Energy

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Summary

Amends the Mineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920 to: (1) repeal provisions prohibiting the issuance of a coal lease when the leaseholder has not produced coal from the lease deposits in commercial quantities for ten years; (2) eliminate the requirement that a logical mining unit be contiguous; and (3) eliminate the time requirement with respect to the provision which directs a lessee to submit an operation and reclamation plan to the Secretary of the Interior prior to taking any action on a leasehold which might cause a significant disturbance of the environment.

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Timeline

  1. 18 July 1983

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 18 July 1983

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 23 September 1983

    Committee

    Committee on Energy and Natural Resources requested executive comment from Interior Department, OMB.

    Source: Committee

  4. 18 October 1983

    Committee

    Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. Hearings held.

    Source: Committee

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Documents

1 official file

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