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1 H.R. 1778, a Bill to Provide That an Order by the Secretary of the Interior Imposing a Moratorium on Federal Coal Leasing Shall Not Take Effect Unless a Joint Resolution of Approval Is Enacted, and for Other Purposes 1 (2017)

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                  CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
       0                     COST   ESTIMATE
                                                              December 11, 2017


                                  H.R.   1778
  A bill to provide that an order  by the Secretary  of the Interior imposing
  a moratorium on Federal coal leasing shall not take effect unless a joint
          resolution of approval  is enacted, and  for other purposes

          As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources
                              on November  30, 2017


H.R. 1778 would require a joint resolution of the Congress to approve any proposal by
the Secretary of the Interior to impose a moratorium on coal-leasing activities on federal
lands. A moratorium on mineral leasing activities on federal land could delay or reduce
receipts collected by the government from permitting those activities.

On January 16, 2016, the Secretary of the Interior issued an order prohibiting the issuance
of coal leases or lease modifications on federal lands until the Bureau of Land
Management  completed a programmatic environmental impact statement under the
National Environment Policy Act. On March 29, 2017, the Secretary of the Interior
revoked that order.

CBO's  baseline estimate of receipts from mineral leasing activities has no expectation
that either the current or a future Administration will propose a moratorium on federal
coal-leasing activities. Therefore, CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 1778 would not
affect the federal budget.

Enacting H.R. 1778 would not affect direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-
go procedures do not apply.

CBO  estimates that enacting H.R. 1778 would not increase net direct spending or on-
budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2028.

H.R. 1778 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the
Unfunded Mandates Reform  Act.

The CBO  staff contact for this estimate is Jeff LaFave. The estimate was approved by
H. Samuel Papenfuss, Deputy Assistant Director for Budget Analysis.

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