[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3624 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3624

  To amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to 
assure that the full amount deposited in the Abandoned Mine Reclamation 
  Fund is spent for the purposes for which that Fund was established.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 10, 2000

Mr. English (for himself and Mr. Holden) introduced the following bill; 
            which was referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to 
assure that the full amount deposited in the Abandoned Mine Reclamation 
  Fund is spent for the purposes for which that Fund was established.

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

SECTION 1. EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FROM ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND.

    Section 401(d) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 
1977 (30 U.S.C. 1231(d)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(d) Moneys in the fund shall be available for the purposes of 
this title without further appropriation and without fiscal year 
limitation.''.
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