“Federal coal reserves located in Federal land subject to a mining plan previously approved by the Secretary of the Interior as of the date of enactment of this Act and adjacent to coal reserves in adjacent State or private land are authorized to be mined.”
The section authorizes mining of federal coal reserves on federal land that was already subject to a mining plan approved by the Secretary of the Interior at enactment and that sits next to coal reserves in adjacent State or private land, so as to give access to those adjacent reserves which without the authorization could not be mined economically.
What the document actually says
“Federal coal reserves located in Federal land subject to a mining plan previously approved by the Secretary of the Interior as of the date of enactment of this Act and adjacent to coal reserves in adjacent State or private land are authorized to be mined.”
That sentence, in plain words
Federal coal may be mined where two things hold. A mining plan for it was already approved. It sits next to coal on state or private land.
What this is about
The aim is to reach that next-door coal. Without this the neighbor's coal could not pay to mine. Only land already covered by a plan counts.
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Provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Public Law 119-21, sec. 50204, 139 Stat. 146 (2025). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ21/html/PLAW-119publ21.htm
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“Federal coal next to state or private coal is authorized to be mined,” Provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, section 50204, Sec. 50204. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/pl-119-21/proposal/sec50204-authorization/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).
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