To provide that an order by the Secretary of the Interior imposing a moratorium on Federal coal leasing shall not take effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-2910
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Cheney, Liz [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-05-22
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Coal

Congressional oversight

Department of the Interior

Legislative rules and procedure
Latest action: action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-05-22
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill provides that an order by the Department of the Interior imposing a moratorium on federal coal leasing shall have no force or effect unless Interior submits the order to Congress and a joint resolution of approval is enacted within 30 legislative days of its receipt. Secretarial Order 3338, relating to a moratorium on the federal coal leasing program, which was issued by Interior on January 15, 2016, shall have no force or effect. </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2910 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 22, 2019 Ms. Cheney introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To provide that an order by the Secretary of the Interior imposing a moratorium on Federal coal leasing shall not take effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted, and for other purposes.

1. Congressional approval for order by Secretary of the Interior imposing a moratorium on Federal coal leasing An order by the Secretary of the Interior imposing a moratorium on Federal coal leasing shall have no force or effect unless— (1) the Secretary submits to Congress the proposed order; and (2) a joint resolution that approves the order is enacted within 30 legislative days after the proposed order is received by Congress. 2. Rescission of moratorium on coal leasing Secretarial Order 3338, issued by the Secretary of Interior on January 15, 2016, shall have no force or effect.