RESOLUTION OF FEDERAL RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT CONFLICTS IN THE POWDER RIVER BASIN.

SEC. 1836. RESOLUTION OF FEDERAL RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT CONFLICTS IN THE POWDER RIVER BASIN. (a) Review.—The Secretary of the Interior shall review Federal and State laws in existence on the date of enactment of this Act in order to resolve any conflict relating to the Powder River Basin in Wyoming and Montana between— (1) the development of Federal coal; and (2) the development of Federal and non-Federal coalbed methane. (b) Report.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to Congress a report that— (1) describes methods of resolving a conflict described in subsection (a); and (2) identifies a method preferred by the Secretary of the Interior, including proposed legislative language, if any, required to implement the method.