Mr. Chair, we included a provision in this prohibiting the Department of the Interior from changing royalty rates in its valuation regulation for coal, oil, and gas on Federal land in order to stem the hemorrhaging of jobs we are seeing in coal country and throughout the United States. I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Montana (Mr. Zinke).
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Mr. Speaker, may I inquire how much time is remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from California has 3\1/2\ minutes remaining.
Mr. Chair, this bill is a good bill. It moves the country in the right direction. I encourage all our Members to support the bill. Mr. Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Iowa (Mr. Nunn). {time} 1345
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