Bill > HR4248

Introduced Session

To amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to allow the Secretary of the Interior to delegate certain emergency reclamation activities to the States and Tribes, and for other purposes. This bill reauthorizes the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund fees and expands the payments from the fund for abandoned coal mine cleanups. Specifically, the bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to reimburse states and tribal governments from the fund for the emergency restoration, reclamation, abatement, control, or prevention of adverse effects of coal mining practices; extends the authority for Interior to collect reclamation fees through FY2036; and increases the minimum amount of funds from $3 million to $5 million that Interior must award to states and Indian tribes who have an approved abandoned mine reclamation program.

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Matt Cartwright (D)*,  Cindy Axne (D),  Brendan Boyle (D),  Madeleine Dean (D),  Michael Doyle (D),  Abby Finkenauer (D),  Brian Fitzpatrick (R),  Chuck Fleischmann (R),  Raúl Grijalva (D),  Debra Haaland (D),  Chrissy Houlahan (D),  Jared Huffman (D),  Sheila Jackson-Lee (D),  Fred Keller (R),  Mike Kelly (R),  Raja Krishnamoorthi (D),  Conor Lamb (D),  David Loebsack (D),  Alan Lowenthal (D),  Dan Meuser (R),  Markwayne Mullin (R),  Jamie Raskin (D),  Guy Reschenthaler (R),  Tim Ryan (D),  Mary Gay Scanlon (D),  G.T. Thompson (R),  Jeff Van Drew (R),  Peter Welch (D),  Susan Wild (D),  John Yarmuth (D), 

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 501. (on 12/02/2020)

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