S4410Referred to Committee

A bill to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to provide for the payment of bonus payments of certain coal leases issued under that Act.

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3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
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2026-04-28
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John Barrasso
John Barrasso
Republican · WY · Senator
Votes with party: 75.6% (854 recorded votes)

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Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.

2026-07-15

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Plain-English Summary

The government would require companies that received coal leases under federal law to make additional bonus payments (upfront fees) for those leases. This affects coal mining companies operating on federal lands and would increase the money the government collects from these mining operations.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4410 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4410 To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to provide for the payment of bonus payments of certain coal leases issued under that Act. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 28, 2026 Mr. Barrasso (for himself, Ms. Lummis, and Mr. Lee) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to provide for the payment of bonus payments of certain coal leases issued under that Act. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. BONUS PAYMENTS FOR CERTAIN COAL LEASES ISSUED UNDER MINERAL LEASING ACT. Section 2(a) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 201(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(6) The bonus payments for a lease issued under this subsection under a system of deferred bonus payment shall be payable in 10 equal annual installments, the first of which shall be submitted with the bid for such lease.''. <all>
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