“The term "qualified application" means an application for a coal lease pending as of the date of enactment of this Act or submitted within 90 days thereafter”
The section defines a coal lease as one entered into by the United States as lessor through the Bureau of Land Management on Bureau Form 3400-012 or a successor form, and a qualified application as an application for a coal lease pending at enactment or filed within 90 days after, under the lease by application program run under the Mineral Leasing Act, for which any required environmental review has begun or the Director of the Bureau determines can begin within 90 days of receiving the application.
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“The term "qualified application" means an application for a coal lease pending as of the date of enactment of this Act or submitted within 90 days thereafter”
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The term covers a request already waiting when this law passed. It also covers one filed within 90 days after.
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The review of its effect on the land must have started. Or the agency must find it can start within 90 days. A coal lease uses a set federal form.
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Provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Public Law 119-21, sec. 50201, 139 Stat. 144 (2025). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ21/html/PLAW-119publ21.htm
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“A qualified application is one pending now or filed within 90 days,” Provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, section 50201, Sec. 50201. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/pl-119-21/proposal/sec50201-definitions/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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