[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7872 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7872

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 9, 2026

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

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                                 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.''.
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