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Coal severance tax. Hearing before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, Ninety-Sixth Congress, Second Session on S. 2695, August 6, 1980

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OSTI ID:6544765

Proceedings of hearings on Senate Bill S. 2695 are recorded in this volume. This Bill would limit state coal severance taxes on Federal and Indian lands to a 12-1/2% ceiling. State coal production taxes are presently as high as 30%. Several spokesmen from Montana and Wyoming spoke against the Bill. Representatives of electric utilities spoke in support of the Bill. The text of the Bill is included. (DMC)

OSTI ID:
6544765
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English