Reinvigorating America's Beautiful Clean Coal Industry and Amending Executive Order 14241

               By the authority vested in me as President by the 
               Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
               America, it is hereby ordered:

               Section 1. Purpose. In order to secure America's 
               economic prosperity and national security, lower the 
               cost of living, and provide for increases in electrical 
               demand from emerging technologies, we must increase 
               domestic energy production, including coal. Coal is 
               abundant and cost effective, and can be used in any 
               weather condition. Moreover, the industry has 
               historically employed hundreds of thousands of 
               Americans. America's coal resources are vast, with a 
               current estimated value in the trillions of dollars, 
               and are more than capable of substantially contributing 
               to American energy independence with excess to export 
               to support allies and our economic competitiveness. Our 
               Nation's beautiful clean coal resources will be 
               critical to meeting the rise in electricity demand due 
               to the resurgence of domestic manufacturing and the 
               construction of artificial intelligence data processing 
               centers. We must encourage and support our Nation's 
               coal industry to increase our energy supply, lower 
               electricity costs, stabilize our grid, create high-
               paying jobs, support burgeoning industries, and assist 
               our allies.

               Sec. 2. Policy. It is the policy of the United States 
               that coal is essential to our national and economic 
               security. It is a national priority to support the 
               domestic coal industry by removing Federal regulatory 
               barriers that undermine coal production, encouraging 
               the utilization of coal to meet growing domestic energy 
               demands, increasing American coal exports, and ensuring 
               that Federal policy does not discriminate against coal 
               production or coal-fired electricity generation.

               Sec. 3. Strengthening Our National Energy Security. The 
               Chair of the National Energy Dominance Council (NEDC) 
               shall designate coal as a ``mineral'' as defined in 
               section 2 of Executive Order 14241 of March 20, 2025 
               (Immediate Measures to Increase American Mineral 
               Production), thereby entitling coal to all the benefits 
               of a ``mineral'' under that order. Further, Executive 
               Order 14241 is hereby amended by deleting the reference 
               to ``4332(d)(1)(B)'' in section 6(d) of that order and 
               replacing it with a reference to ``4532(d)(1)(B)''.

               Sec. 4. Assessing Coal Resources and Accessibility on 
               Federal Lands. (a) Within 60 days of the date of this 
               order, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of 
               Agriculture, and the Secretary of Energy shall submit a 
               consolidated report to the President through the 
               Assistant to the President for Economic Policy that 
               identifies coal resources and reserves on Federal 
               lands, assesses impediments to mining such coal 
               resources, and proposes policies to address such 
               impediments and ultimately enable the mining of such 
               coal resources by either private or public actors.

                   (b) The Secretary of Energy shall include in the 
               report described in subsection (a) of this section an 
               analysis of the impact that the availability of the 
               coal resources identified could have on electricity 
               costs and grid reliability.

               Sec. 5. Lifting Barriers to Coal Mining on Federal 
               Lands. (a) The Secretary of the Interior and the 
               Secretary of Agriculture shall prioritize coal leasing 
               and related activities, consistent with applicable law, 
               as the primary land use for the public lands with coal 
               resources identified in the report described in section 
               4(a) of this order and expedite coal leasing in these 
               areas, including
               by utilizing such emergency authorities as are 
               available to them and identifying opportunities to 
               provide for expedited environmental reviews, consistent 
               with applicable law.

                   (b) The Secretary of the Interior, pursuant to the 
               authorities in the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as 
               amended and supplemented (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), the 
               Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands of 1947, as 
               amended (30 U.S.C. 351-359), and the Multiple Mineral 
               Development Act of 1954 (30 U.S.C. 521-531 et seq.), 
               shall acknowledge the end of the Jewell Moratorium by 
               ordering the publication of a notice in the Federal 
               Register terminating the ``Environmental Impact 
               Statement Analyzing the Potential Environmental Effects 
               from Maintaining Secretary Jewell's Coal Leasing 
               Moratorium'', and process royalty rate reduction 
               applications from Federal coal lessees in as 
               expeditious a manner as permitted by applicable law.

               Sec. 6. Supporting American Coal as an Energy Source. 
               (a) Within 30 days of the date of this order, the 
               Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, 
               the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of the 
               Interior, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of 
               Labor, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall identify 
               any guidance, regulations, programs, and policies 
               within their respective executive department or agency 
               that seek to transition the Nation away from coal 
               production and electricity generation.

                   (b) Within 60 days of the date of this order, the 
               heads of all relevant executive departments and 
               agencies (agencies) shall consider revising or 
               rescinding Federal actions identified in subsection (a) 
               of this section consistent with applicable law.
                   (c) Agencies that are empowered to make loans, loan 
               guarantees, grants, equity investments, or to conclude 
               offtake agreements, both domestically and abroad, 
               shall, to the extent permitted by law, take steps to 
               rescind any policies or regulations seeking to or that 
               actually discourage investment in coal production and 
               coal-fired electricity generation, such as the 2021 
               U.S. Treasury Fossil Fuel Energy Guidance for 
               Multilateral Development Banks rescinded by the 
               Department of the Treasury and similar policies or 
               regulations.
                   (d) Within 30 days of the date of this order, the 
               Secretary of State, the Secretary of Agriculture, the 
               Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Energy, the 
               Chief Executive Officer of the International 
               Development Finance Corporation, the President of the 
               Export-Import Bank of the United States, and the heads 
               of all other agencies that have discretionary programs 
               that provide, facilitate, or advocate for financing of 
               energy projects shall review their charters, 
               regulations, guidance, policies, international 
               agreements, analytical models and internal bureaucratic 
               processes to ensure that such materials do not 
               discourage the agency from financing coal mining 
               projects and electricity generation projects. 
               Consistent with law, and subject to the applicable 
               agency head's discretion, where appropriate, any 
               identified preferences against coal use shall 
               immediately be eliminated except as explicitly provided 
               for in statute.

               Sec. 7. Supporting American Coal Exports. The Secretary 
               of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of 
               State, the Secretary of Energy, the United States Trade 
               Representative, the Assistant to the President for 
               National Security, and the heads of other relevant 
               agencies, shall take all necessary and appropriate 
               actions to promote and identify export opportunities 
               for coal and coal technologies and facilitate 
               international offtake agreements for United States 
               coal.

               Sec. 8. Expanding Use of Categorical Exclusions for 
               Coal Under the National Environmental Policy Act. 
               Within 30 days of the date of this order, each agency 
               shall identify to the Council on Environmental Quality 
               any existing and potential categorical exclusions 
               pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act, 
               increased reliance on and adoption of which by other 
               agencies pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 4336c could further the 
               production and export of coal.

               Sec. 9. Steel Dominance. (a) The Secretary of Energy, 
               pursuant to the authority under the Energy Act of 2020 
               (the ``Act''), shall determine whether coal used in the 
               production of steel meets the definition of a 
               ``critical material'' under the Act and, if so, shall 
               take steps to place it on the Department of Energy 
               Critical Materials List.

                   (b) The Secretary of the Interior, pursuant to the 
               authority under the Act, shall determine whether 
               metallurgical coal used in the production of steel 
               meets the criteria to be designated as a ``critical 
               mineral'' under the Act and, if so, shall take steps to 
               place coal on the Department of the Interior Critical 
               Minerals List.

               Sec. 10. Powering Artificial Intelligence Data Centers. 
               (a) For the purposes of this order, ``artificial 
               intelligence'' or ``AI'' has the meaning set forth in 
               15 U.S.C. 9401(3).

                   (b) Within 60 days of the date of this order, the 
               Secretary of the Interior, Secretary of Commerce, and 
               the Secretary of Energy shall identify regions where 
               coal-powered infrastructure is available and suitable 
               for supporting AI data centers; assess the market, 
               legal, and technological potential for expanding coal-
               based infrastructure to power data centers to meet the 
               electricity needs of AI and high-performance computing 
               operations; and submit a consolidated summary report 
               with their findings and proposals to the Chair of the 
               NEDC, the Assistant to the President for Science and 
               Technology and the Special Advisor for AI and Crypto.

               Sec. 11. Acceleration of Coal Technology. (a) The 
               Secretary of Energy shall take all necessary actions, 
               consistent with applicable law, to accelerate the 
               development, deployment, and commercialization of coal 
               technologies including, but not limited to, utilizing 
               all available funding mechanisms to support the 
               expansion of coal technology, including technologies 
               that utilize coal and coal byproducts such as building 
               materials, battery materials, carbon fiber, synthetic 
               graphite, and printing materials, as well as updating 
               coal feedstock for power generation and steelmaking.

                   (b) Within 90 days of the date of this order, the 
               Secretary of Energy shall submit a detailed action plan 
               to the President through the Chair of the NEDC 
               outlining the funding mechanisms, programs, and policy 
               actions taken to accelerate coal technology deployment.

               Sec. 12. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order 
               shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or 
the head thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

                   (b) This order shall be implemented consistent with 
               applicable law and subject to the availability of 
               appropriations.
                   (c) This order is not intended to, and does not, 
               create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, 
               enforceable at law or in equity by any party against 
               the United States, its departments, agencies, or 
               entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any 
               other person.
               
                DONALD J. TRUMP

               THE WHITE HOUSE,

                   April 8, 2025.