3.0.0 1701 2023-01-13T04:50:01Z 2023-01-13T04:50:01Z Senate S S 2005-09-14 109 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2005-09-27T18:42:23Z Referred to 2005-09-14T22:34:40Z 2005-09-27 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 109-256. Committee 2005-09-14 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2005-09-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000162 Sen. Thomas, Craig [R-WY] CRAIG THOMAS R WY N E000285 Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] MICHAEL ENZI R WY B. 2005-09-14 True Public Lands and Natural Resources Administrative procedure Air pollution control Coal Collection of accounts Consultants Department of the Interior Economics and Public Finance Energy Environmental Protection Families Federal-Indian relations Federal-state relations Fees Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government trust funds Governmental investigations Health Housing and Community Development Indian lands Interest Labor and Employment Labor unions Law Licenses Liens Mine wastes Miners Minorities Reclamation of land Research and development Retiree health benefits Strip mining Survivors' benefits Water pollution control Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2005-09-14 Introduced in Senate 2005-10-31T22:38:07Z Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Reform Act of 2005 - Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to repeal the authorized use of certain moneys in the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund (Fund): (1) by the Secretary of Agriculture for reclamation of rural lands; and (2) by the Department of the Interior for studies by contract with organizations for advice and research and development projects and technical assistance.

Sets forth a sliding scale reduction for reclamation fees required to be paid by operators of coal mining operations for coal produced by surface coal mining, coal produced by underground mining, and lignite coal.

Extends to September 30, 2016, the period for payment of reclamation fees according to the existing formula.

Revises Fund allocation requirements governing: (1) reclamation fees; (2) use of funds for abatement of acid mine drainage; and (3) graduated payments to states and Indian tribes.

Instructs the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to use unexpended interest paid into the Fund to execute transfers into the United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit Fund.

Directs the Secretary, upon the request of a state Governor or governing Indian tribal body, to enter into an agreement authorizing such entity to collect reclamation fees.

Revises Fund objectives to repeal the objective of general welfare.

Revises the prohibition against filing a lien against any person who neither consented to, nor participated in, nor exercised control over a mining operation which necessitated reclamation. Repeals the limitation of such prohibition to persons who owned the surface before May 2, 1977.

Authorizes the Secretary to use amounts in the Fund to provide incentives to promote remining of eligible land.

Extends from 2004 to 2015 the exception to the prohibition against approval of a permit due to any uncorrected air or water environmental protection violations if such violations result from an unanticipated event or or condition at a surface coal mining operation on lands eligible for remining.

]]> Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Reform Act of 2005 Display Title Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Reform Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to improve the reclamation of abandoned mines. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Reform Act of 2005 Introduced in Senate 2005-09-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s1701is/xml/BILLS-109s1701is.xml 2005-09-27 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 109-256. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.