Amends the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to exchange Federal coal leases and to modify existing Federal coal leases to include additional lease acreage of up to ten percent without changing the other terms of such leases. Limits such exchange authority to lands where the development of the relinquished lease would result in damage to the environment or would conflict with public land purposes not considered at the time of the issuance of the lease.
Authorizes the Secretary to provide a royalty of less than 12 1/2 percent on such new leases.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
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