HR280-119

Introduced

To require the Secretary of the Interior to take certain actions with respect to certain qualified coal applications, and for other purposes.

119th Congress Introduced Jan 9, 2025

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To require the Secretary of the Interior to take certain actions with respect to certain qualified coal applications, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Government Operations, Energy.

Who Benefits and How

environmental regulators and natural-resource users may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H62E2E131372442FC8550098B0A8FD380: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Combating Obstruction Against Leasing Act of 2025 or the COAL Act of 2025.
  • Section H95521C0E86544C31961EAFF6CC0C437B: 2. Leasing for certain qualified coal applications In this section: The term coal lease means a lease entered into by the United States as lessor, through the...
  • Section H2CDCB15E7AFA4B0C9AF94C4ECF6D5FA8: 3. Future coal leasing Notwithstanding any judicial decision to the contrary or a departmental review of the Federal coal leasing program, Secretarial Order...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To require the Secretary of the Interior to take certain actions with respect to certain qualified coal applications, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Key Policy Areas

Environment, Government Operations, Energy

Primary Purpose

This bill, To require the Secretary of the Interior to take certain actions with respect to certain qualified coal applications, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Policy Domains

Environment Government Operations Energy

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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environmental regulators and natural-resource users:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
federal implementing agencies:
environmental regulators and natural-resource users:

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Jan 9, 2025

Ms. Hageman (for herself, Mr. Meuser, and Mrs. Miller of …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Environment Government Operations Energy
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section

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