COAL Act of 2025
The COAL Act of 2025 requires the Department of the Interior to process pending coal lease applications that have started environmental review under federal law. It mandates the Secretary to publish draft environmental assessments, set fair market value, and grant these applications as soon as practicable. The bill also ends a 2016 federal moratorium on coal leasing that had halted new leases. This law directly affects coal companies with pending applications under the Bureau of Land Management's program and streamlines the leasing process for existing approved leases.
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Oct 2025
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Introduced Oct 23, 2025
Last action Oct 23, 2025
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Oct 23, 2025
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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Oct 23, 2025
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1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
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