Sec. 4. Special review of programmatic environmental impact statement
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In carrying out the programmatic review of coal leasing on Federal land as described in section 4 of the order of the Secretary of the Interior entitled Discretionary Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement to Modernize the Federal Coal Program , numbered 3338 and dated January 15, 2016, the Secretary shall confer with, and take into consideration the views of, representatives appointed to the review board described in paragraph (2). The Governor of each State in which more than $10,000,000 in revenue is collected annually by the United States as bonus bids, royalties, and rentals, and fees for production of coal under leases of Federal land or Indian land may each appoint not more than 3 representatives to a review board for purposes of paragraph (1), at least one of whom shall be a member of the State and Tribal Resources Board.
The Secretary shall complete the programmatic review referred to in paragraph
(1)not later than January 15, 2019. If the programmatic review is not completed by the deadline described in subparagraph (A), the programmatic review shall be considered to be complete as of that deadline. No Federal funds may be used to carry out the programmatic review of coal leasing on Federal land described in subsection (a)(1) after January 15, 2019. Nothing in this section requires the Secretary to conduct or complete the programmatic review of coal leasing on Federal land described in subsection (a)(1) after January 20, 2017. Effective January 16, 2019— the pause or moratorium on the issuance of new Federal coal leases under the Secretarial order referred to in subsection (a)(1) is terminated; and that Secretarial order shall have no force or effect.