On the recordAugust 6, 2022
I call up my amendment No. 5418 and ask that it be reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Alabama [Mr. Shelby] proposes an amendment numbered 5418 to amendment No. 5194. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To end the President's War on Coal through the approval of coal leases) At the end of part 6 of subtitle B of title V, add the following: SEC. 5026_____. MANDATORY LEASING FOR CERTAIN QUALIFIED APPLICATIONS. (a) Definitions.--In this section: (1) Coal lease.--The term ``coal lease'' means a lease entered into by the United States as lessor, through the Bureau of Land Management, and the applicant on Bureau of Land Management Form 3400-012. (2) Qualified application.--The term ``qualified application'' means any application pending under the lease by application program administered by the Bureau of Land Management pursuant to the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) and subpart 3425 of title 43, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on October 1, 2021), for which the environmental review process under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) has commenced.…





