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        <title>To amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to clarify that uncertified States and Indian tribes have the authority to use certain payments for certain noncoal reclamation projects.</title>
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        <title>S. 2779, A bill to amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to clarify that uncertified states and Indian tribes have the authroity to use certain payments for certain noncoal reclamation projects</title>
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        <description>&lt;p&gt;Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on September 16, 2008&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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        <title>S. 2779, A bill to amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to clarify that uncertified states and Indian tribes have the authroity to use certain payments for certain noncoal reclamation projects</title>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, with respect to the allocation of surface mining reclamation funds to states and Indian tribes, to modify limitations on such allocations to provide for payments for filling voids and sealing tunnels and entryways (of non-coal mines as well as coal mines).</p> <p>Requires uncertified states or Indian tribes to use such allocated funds to fill voids and seal tunnels and entryways (of non-coal as well as coal mines). (&quot;Uncertified states and Indian tribes&quot; are those which have not certified to the Secretary of the Interior that all priorities specified under the Act for eligible lands and waters have been achieved.)</p>]]></text>
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        <updateDate>2008-12-01T17:18:24Z</updateDate>
        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</b></p><p>Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, with respect to the allocation of surface mining reclamation funds to states and Indian tribes, to modify limitations on such allocations to provide for payments for filling voids and sealing tunnels and entryways (of non-coal mines as well as coal mines).</p><p>Requires uncertified states or Indian tribes to use such allocated funds to fill voids and seal tunnels and entryways (of non-coal as well as coal mines). (&quot;Uncertified states and Indian tribes&quot; are those which have not certified to the Secretary of the Interior that all priorities specified under the Act for eligible lands and waters have been achieved.)</p>]]></text>
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    <title>A bill to amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to clarify that uncertified States and Indian tribes have the authority to use certain payments for certain noncoal reclamation projects.</title>
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      <text>Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 986.</text>
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