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On the recordSeptember 16, 2014
H.R. 5176, that authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to retire coal preference right lease applications for which the Secretary has made an affirmative commercial quantities determination.
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Ben Ray Luján
Democratic · New Mexico

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Ben Ray Lujan's bill aims to authorize the Secretary of the Interior on coal lease applications.

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