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

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

Introduced Mar 9, 2026

Latest action (Mar 25, 2026) Subcommittee Hearings Held

Referred to
Natural Resources Committee
Policy area
Energy
Issues
Climate & Energy

Summary

This bill would amend the Mineral Leasing Act to specify how bonus payments for coal leases are made under a deferred bonus payment system. Under this bill, bonus payments would be divided into 10 equal annual installments, with the first installment due at the time the bid is submitted. The remaining nine installments would be paid annually over the following years.

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Sponsor (1)

Actions (4)
  1. Mar 25, 2026 Subcommittee Hearings Held · house
  2. Mar 18, 2026 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. · house
  3. Mar 9, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. · house
  4. Mar 9, 2026 Introduced in House

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Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • S 4410 — A bill to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to provide for the payment of bonus payments of certain coal leases issued under that Act. · Introduced Jul 29, 2026 · Cong. 119 98%
  • S 451 — Restoring State Mineral Revenues Act · Introduced Dec 2, 2025 · Cong. 119 65%
  • HR 1555 — Bureau of Land Management Mineral Spacing Act · Introduced Mar 25, 2026 · Cong. 119 62%
  • HR 1926 — To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to provide for commingling. · Introduced Mar 6, 2025 · Cong. 119 60%
  • HR 526 — Declaration of Energy Independence Act · Introduced Jan 16, 2025 · Cong. 119 58%
  • HR 3231 — American Energy Act · Introduced May 7, 2025 · Cong. 119 57%

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 9, 2026

Ms. Hageman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 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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