Safeguarding Coal Leasing Act of 2021

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 520 To provide that an order or action by the President, Secretary of the Interior, or Department of the Interior official imposing a moratorium on coal leasing shall not take effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 28, 2021 Ms. CHENEY (for herself, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mr. PERRY, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. MEUSER, Mr. MOON- EY, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania, Mr. ESTES, and Mr. FALLON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com- mittee on Natural Resources A BILL To provide that an order or action by the President, Sec- retary of the Interior, or Department of the Interior official imposing a moratorium on coal leasing shall not take effect unless a joint resolution of approval is en- acted, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safeguarding Coal 4 Leasing Act of 2021’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:19 Feb 16, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H520.IH H520 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 520 IH SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL FOR AN ORDER OR AC- 1 TION BY THE PRESIDENT, SECRETARY OF 2 THE INTERIOR, OR DEPARTMENT OF THE IN- 3 TERIOR OFFICIAL IMPOSING A MORATORIUM 4 ON COAL LEASING. 5 Any order or action by the President, Secretary of 6 the Interior, or Department of Interior official with dele- 7 gated authority that has the effect of placing a morato- 8 rium on coal leasing shall have no force or effect unless— 9 (1) the proposed order or action is submitted to 10 Congress; and 11 (2) a joint resolution that approves the order or 12 action is enacted within 30 legislative days after re- 13 ceipt of such proposed order or action. 14 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:19 Feb 16, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H520.IH H520 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS