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A bill to allow certain Federal minerals to be mined consistent with the Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification, and for other purposes.

Introduced: Feb 3, 2025

Latest action date: Feb 11, 2026

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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 332.

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119th Congress
Introduced
Feb 3, 2025
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Status detail: The most advanced recorded stage is committee consideration.

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What this bill does

This bill authorizes coal to be mined on approximately 800 acres of federal land in Musselshell County, Montana. Specifically, it allows all federal coal reserves in such federal land and leased under Federal Coal Lease MTM 97988 to be mined in accordance with the 2020 Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification. The Bull Mountains Mine is operated by Signal Peak Energy.

This bill directs the Department of the Interior, without modification or delay, to approve the Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification to the extent necessary to mine such land.

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Energy

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Energy and Natural Resources Committee

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  1. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 332.

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  2. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee with an amendment. With written report No. 119-103.

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  3. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee with an amendment. With written report No. 119-103.

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  4. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.

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  5. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-46.

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  6. Introduced in Senate

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  7. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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