June 29, 1976 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 21357 Brig. Gen. (ARNGUS) John Coffey, Jr., United States Code, section 5231, for appoint- mansky, to be lieutenant commander, which xxx-xx-xxxx . ment to the grade of vice admiral while so nominations were received by the Senate and The following-named officer under the pro- serving. appeared in the Congressional Record on visions of title 10, United States Code, sec- IN T HE Ant FORCE May 20, 1976. tion 3066, to be assigned to a position of Air Force nominations beginning William Navy nominations beginning Michael J. importance and responsibility designated by, H. Adams, to be colonel, and ending Myrl E. Dunne, Jr., to be commander, and ending the President under subsection (a) of sec- Wilson, to be colonel which nom inations Willis A. McGill, to be commander, which tion 3066, in grade as follows: were received by the Senate and appeared in nom inations were received by the Senate To be lieutenant general the Congressional Record on May 21, 1976. and appeared in the Congressional Record on Air Force nominations beginning Norman June 2, 1976. Maj. Gen. C. J. Le Van, xxx-xx-xxxx , U.S. C. Ault, Jr., to be lieutenant colonel, and Navy nom inations beginning Allan R. Army. ending Bobbie S. Fox, to be lieutenant col- IN THE N A VY Latty, to be lieutenant commander, and end- onel, which nominations were received by ing James A. Wright, to be lieutenant (jg.), Rear Adm. Willard P. Arentzen, Medical the Senate and appeared in the Congressional which nominations were received by the Sen- Corps, U.S. Navy, for appointment as Chief Record on June 2, 1976. of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery in Air Force nominations beginning Anthony ate and appeared in the Congressional Record the Department of the Navy for a term of W. Aldebol,to be captain, and ending Mark on June 2, 1976. 4 years with the grade of vice admiral in ac- E. Zlotkowski, to be captain, which nomi- IN THE M ARINE CORPS cordance with title 10, United States Code, nations were received by the Senate and ap- Marine Corps nominations beginning Paul section 5137(a) . peared in the Congressional Record on June D. Adams, to be second lieutenant, and end- Vice Adm. Donald L. Custis, Medical Corps, 2, 1976. ing David W. Wood to be second lieutenant, U.S. Navy, for appointment to the grade of IN T HE A R M Y which nominations were received by the Sen- vice admiral on the retired list in accordance Army nominations beginning Harold R. ate and appeared in the Congressional Record Alley, to be colonel, and ending Theodore M. with title 10, United States Code, section on June 2, 1976. Stults I I , to be lieutenant colonel, which 5133(b). M arine Corps nom inations beginning nominations were received by the Senate and Vice Adm. Thomas B. Hayward, U.S. Navy, appeared in the Congressional Record on George S. Ames, to be colonel, and ending having been designated for commands and May 17, 1976. William E. Yeager, to be colonel, which nom- other duties determined by the President to Army nominations beginning Theodore B. inations w ere received by the Senate and be w ithin the contem plation of title 10, appeared in the Congressional Record on United States Code, section 5321, for appoint- Gesulga, to be major, and ending Gregory Dechau, to be second lieutenant, w hich June 15, 1976. m ent to the gra d e of a d m ira l w hile so nominations were received by the Senate and Marine Corps nominations beginning Wil- serving. appeared in the Congressional Record on liam A . Abele, Jr., to be lieutenant colonel, Rear Adm. Bobby R. Inman, U.S. Navy, June 2, 1976. and ending Gale L. Stienon, to be lieutenant having been designated for commands and IN T HE N A VY colonel, which nominations were received by other duties determined by the President to Navy nominations beginning Donel S. Bi- the Senate and appeared in the Congressional be w ithin the contem plation of title 10, anchi, to be ensign, and ending Fred W. Ka- Record on June 16, 1976. EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS PRESIDENT SHOULD SIGN FEDERAL from Federal lands in a manner that is Leasing Act dealing with coal, in January, COAL LEASING BILL fair to both the lessee or coal operator Secretary Kleppe expressed some concerns about the bill. We believe that the m ajor and to the public who owns the coal. provisions of the bill are compatible with the Since the Secretary has an obligation new policies and regulations of the Depart- HON. LEE METCALF to see that bonus bids, royalties and ren- ment of the Interior. OF MONTANA tals paid by the lessee truly reflect a 1. Minimum Royalty. During the past 54 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES reasonable return to the public treas- yeas a, the Federal Government has collected uries, before he establishes a lease sale an average of only 121/2 cents per ton of leas- Tu e sday, J u n e 29, 1976 for a given tract he must have done a ed coal in royalty payments. This is a ridicu- Mr. METCALF. Mr. President, on mineral evaluation for that particular lously low rate of return. Recognizing this fact, the Interior Department has now raised June 21, the Senate passed S. 391, the tract. its royalty rate to 8%. S. 391 would go further Federal Coal Leasing Amendments Act, That is what the bill sets forth in sec- in rectifying this inequity by establishing a and sent it to President Ford for his tion 4 . There is no requirem ent that minimum royalty of 121/2 %, a rate generally approval. all known Federal coal resources be eval- in line with coal taxes and royalties of west- This legislation is eagerly awaited by uated before any can be leased. ern States and Indian tribes. western States where strip mining of the I have joined Congresswoman PATSY T. The Secretary would be given discretionary vast reserves of Federal coal will be ac- MINK, chairman of the House Subcom- authority to set a low er rate for coal pro- celerated under the new Federal coal mittee on Mines and Mining and floor duced by underground mining, which is a relatively costly method of recovery. In addi- leasing policy recently enunciated by In- manager of the bill in the other body, tion, Section 39 of the Mineral Leasing Act terior Secretary Kieppe. The financial in writing President Ford to urge his fa- would continue to allow the Secretary to re- aid which it affords these States for pre- vorable consideration of this legislation. duce the minimum royalty below 121/ 2% "for paring to meet the needs of the hundreds I ask unanimous consent that our let- the purpose of encouraging the greatest pos- of thousands of new workers and their ter dated June 2 5 , be printed in the sible recovery of coal". Thus, an operator families who will be attracted by coal- RECORD. could pay a lesser royalty on a portion of related jobs will come not a moment too There being no objection, the letter his coal lease which might otherwise be un- soon. economical to mine, while overall the return was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, to the public treasuries w ill substantially The Secretary of the Interior will also as follows: increase. receive important help under the pro- U.S. SENATE, 2. Payment to States. S. 391 would increase visions of S. 391, in the form of broad Washington, June 24, 1976. from 371/ 2% to 50% the portion of revenues authority to expand the coal evaluation The PRESIDENT, going to the States from mineral leasing, and program which the Geological Survey The White Hou se, reducing from 52% % to 40% the portion de- Washin gton , D.C. has already initiated, so that he m ay posited in the reclamation fund. The addi- have available the information he re- DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: We respectfully urge tional 12% % returned to the States would be you to approve S. 391, the Federal Local Leas- available for use in planning, construction quires to determine the fair market value ing Amendment Act. S. 391 is designed to and maintenance of public facilities, with of tracts being put up for lease sale. eliminate the speculative holding of Federal priority to be given to areas impacted by coal I wish to make it very clear on the rec- coal leases and to insure development of Fed- development. The U.S. Treasury would con- ord, Mr. President, that at no time in the eral coal on a timely basis and in a manner tinue to receive the remaining 10%, as under consideration of S. 391 has there been beneficial to the public. It would not only existing law. The western coal-producing any intention by the Congress to prevent increase coal production to fulfill national States must deal with the problems of popu- new lease sales by the Secretary until energy needs, but also guarantee a decent lation influx triggered by Federal coal de- return to the United States Treasury and to velopment. For these States, new financial re- all Federal coal lands have been evalu- States impacted by Federal coal mining. sources provided by S. 391 could spell the ated. The unmist7Imble purpose of this While the Administration has supported difference between a chaotic disintegration bill is to facilitate the production of coal the concept of amendments to the Mineral of traditional rural lifestyles, and the orderly 21358 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 29, 1976 transition to urban and semi-urban living the intent of Congress over the past few with the undersigned as crew encountered a patterns.