[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1145 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1145

  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

                             March 21, 2001

  Mr. English (for himself, Mr. Sherwood, Ms. Hart, and Mr. Kucinich) 
 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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