Sec. 5. 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 Secretarial Order 3338, issued by the Secretary on January 15, 2016, and entitled Discretionary Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement to Modernize the Federal Coal Program , the Secretary shall confer with, and take into consideration the views of, representatives appointed to the review board described in paragraph (2). Each Governor of a 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, may appoint not more than 3 representatives to a review board to carry out the programmatic review described in paragraph (1), not fewer than one of whom shall be a member of the Board.
The Secretary shall complete the programmatic review described 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. Beginning on January 16, 2019, no Federal funds may be used to carry out the programmatic review described in subsection (a)(1). Nothing in this section requires the Secretary to conduct or complete the programmatic review or keep in effect the pause or moratorium on the issuance of new Federal coal leases under the Secretarial order 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.