3.0.0 6113 2019-11-15T21:29:31Z 2019-11-15T21:29:31Z House H HR 2012-07-12 112 [Pages H4863-H4864]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mrs. LUMMIS:H.R. 6113.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make allneedful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory orother Property belonging to the United States; and[[Page H4864]]nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as toPrejudice any Claims of the United States, or of anyparticular State.Article I, Section 8, Clause 1The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes,Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide forthe common Defense and general Welfare of the United States;but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniformthroughout the United States.The abandoned mine land fund is a tax on coal produced, inpart, on federal lands. Both the tax, and its distributionwere created pursuant to the Surface Mining Control andReclamation Act of 1977, presumably with the Constitutionalauthority to tax, raise revenue, and spend that revenue underArticle I, Section 8, Clause 1. This legislation seeks torepeal a section of that bill dealing with the distributionof AML funds. While the Constitution gives no explicitauthority to repeal, it can be inferred that what Congresshas the Constitutional authority to create, it can alsorepeal.]]> hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii06 Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee Referred to 2012-07-17T14:59:31Z Referred to 2012-07-12T13:01:20Z 112 3514 S 2012-08-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Identical bill CRS 2012-07-17 hsii06 Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. Committee 2012-07-12 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2012-07-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2012-07-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress L000571 Rep. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY-At Large] Cynthia Lummis R WY M. N R000011 Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3] NICK RAHALL D WV J. 3 2012-07-12 True H000712 Rep. Holden, Tim [D-PA-17] TIM HOLDEN D PA 17 2012-07-18 False C000794 Rep. Costello, Jerry F. [D-IL-12] JERRY COSTELLO D IL F. 12 2012-07-18 False B001269 Rep. Barletta, Lou [R-PA-11] Lou Barletta R PA 11 2012-08-01 False C001081 Rep. Critz, Mark S. [D-PA-12] Mark Critz D PA S. 12 2012-08-02 False M001180 Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1] David McKinley R WV B. 1 2012-09-10 False C001047 Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2] Shelley Capito R WV Moore 2 2012-09-10 False S001154 Rep. Shuster, Bill [R-PA-9] Bill Shuster R PA 9 2012-09-10 False Public Lands and Natural Resources Government trust funds Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Mining Soil pollution Water quality Public Lands and Natural Resources

00 2012-07-12 Introduced in House 2012-09-11T21:17:25Z Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to repeal the $15 million limitation placed upon the total annual payment to certified states or Indian tribes in connection with abandoned mine reclamation.

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