- Record: Senate Floor
- Section type: Legislation
- Chamber: Senate
- Date: April 28, 2026
- Congress: 119th Congress
- Why this source matters: This section came from the Senate floor portion of the record.
By Mr. BARRASSO (for himself, Ms. Lummis and Mr. Lee):
S. 4410. A bill to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to provide for the payment of bonus payments of certain coal leases issued under that Act; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record.
- printed in the Record, as follows:
S. 4410
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. BONUS PAYMENTS FOR CERTAIN COAL LEASES ISSUED
UNDER MINERAL LEASING ACT.
Section 2(a) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 201(a))
is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(6) The bonus payments for a lease issued under this
subsection under a system of deferred bonus payment shall be
payable in 10 equal annual installments, the first of which
shall be submitted with the bid for such lease.”.