[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3564 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3564

    To exclude the receipts and disbursements of the Abandoned Mine 
 Reclamation Fund from the budget of the United States Government, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 26, 1998

 Mr. Bunning introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, 
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
                        the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
    To exclude the receipts and disbursements of the Abandoned Mine 
 Reclamation Fund from the budget of the United States Government, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND.

    (a) Exclusion From Budget.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the receipts and disbursements of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation 
Fund shall not be counted as new budget authority, outlays, receipts, 
or deficit or surplus for purposes of--
            (1) the budget of the United States Government as submitted 
        by the President,
            (2) the congressional budget, or
            (3) the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
        of 1985.
    (b) Availability of Funds.--Section 401(d) of the Surface Mining 
Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 is amended to read as follows:
    ``(d) All amounts in the fund at the end of any fiscal year shall 
be immediately available for obligation or expenditure, without further 
appropriation, for the purposes of this title at the commencement of 
the next fiscal year.''.
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