1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Surface Mining Control and
Reclamation Act Amendments of 2006
.
(b)The table of
contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of
contents.
TITLE I—MINING CONTROL AND RECLAMATION
Sec. 101. Abandoned
Mine Reclamation Fund and purposes.
Sec. 102. Reclamation fee.
Sec. 103. Objectives of Fund.
Sec. 104. Reclamation
of rural land.
Sec. 105.
Liens.
Sec. 106.
Certification.
Sec. 107. Remining incentives.
Sec. 108. Extension
of limitation on application of prohibition on issuance of permit.
TITLE II—MINERAL LEASING
Sec. 201. Mineral
Leasing.
TITLE III—COAL INDUSTRY RETIREE
HEALTH BENEFIT ACT
Sec. 301. Certain related
persons and successors in interest relieved of liability if premiums
prepaid.
Sec. 302. Transfers to funds;
premium relief.
Sec. 303. Other
provisions.
<enum>I</enum><header>MINING CONTROL AND RECLAMATION</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6C817ABB9D4446B1B8809C33CBA68F11" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header>Abandoned Mine
Reclamation Fund and purposes</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF207BB9742674F259BBE81B57B909CD2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 401 of the
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1231) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE88FC993C7F04FC6B3626DC3AFFDB881"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id924534483D9147A882C71DE14C8A66E6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraphs (2) and (6);
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE1EA764E8D0941A3A30A1400A612E533"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and
(5) and paragraphs (7) through (13) as paragraphs (2) through (11),
respectively;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB7D1297139D14A98B2D92E9F989D98F4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d), by striking
<quote>Moneys</quote> and inserting <quote>Except as provided in subsection
(f), moneys</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC276F963F1C147A7B8BF0770B97F884C"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (e)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3D8A23E586F64B33AAD47D240984F551"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the second sentence, by striking
<quote>the needs of such fund</quote> and inserting <quote>achieving the
purposes of the transfers under section 402(h)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H50BCA271DF0A4E7B84E01C11C3BDCC27"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the third sentence, by inserting before
the period the following: <quote>for the purpose of the transfers under section
402(h)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0E948AD8C96F42140029ACA52DF97FCB"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3910C8D9D02A4F929D6CE8FF1003D900" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1A2BA12B9DA6415FAB81EF431E79F5B5"><enum>(f)</enum><header>General
Limitation on Obligation Authority</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id51DBCC1FF38A48FAA73BC9CEC2C01FC9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">From amounts
deposited into the fund under subsection (b), the Secretary shall distribute
during each fiscal year beginning after September 30, 2007, an amount
determined under paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCD25682A1E7D4C49974539B2EDF485BD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Amounts</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4E55EA7A7E204157B3245DD968FF494C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>For fiscal
years 2008 through 2022</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For
each of fiscal years 2008 through 2022, the amount distributed by the Secretary
under this subsection shall be equal to—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCEE7EC1677C74E66AD7D61DC15980044"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount deposited into the fund under
subsection (b) for the preceding fiscal year; minus</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE455506B35B74313B98CDDB998D5D5F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount expended by the Secretary under
section 402(g)(3)(D) for the preceding fiscal year.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD674728F2963474CADDD2BDD7D42DE1C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Fiscal years
2023 and thereafter</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For
fiscal year 2023 and each fiscal year thereafter, to the extent that funds are
available, the Secretary shall distribute an amount equal to the amount
distributed under subparagraph (A) during fiscal year 2022.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id76A35CA085B94068835CE32AE1C074BF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Distribution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each fiscal year, of the amount to be
distributed pursuant to paragraph (2), the Secretary shall distribute—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4FC0796264284663836C03ED9BAF76"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount allocated under section
402(g)(5), plus any amount reallocated under section 411(h)(4), for grants to
States and Indian tribes under section 402(g)(5);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF86A44040BD545A0BC43C806285E8B5D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">from any amounts not distributed under
subparagraph (A), the amount allocated under section 402(g)(8); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEDE8D1D4D882436498D9CA03ACF4E72C"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">from any amounts not distributed under
subparagraphs (A) and (B), in any area under section 402(g)(3) or
402(g)(4).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC5026DBF34F642FEB93FC2B7E8CD8B90"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Availability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts in the fund available to the
Secretary for obligation under this subsection shall be available until
expended.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5E4F848C05EB4A6F85F287EC807B4478"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Addition</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4897CAF32C7E46D283A3D2A2D8674312"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to
subparagraph (B), the amount distributed under this subsection for each fiscal
year shall be in addition to the amount appropriated from the fund during the
fiscal year.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0F7BA9107EEE4689A4BE1E1576308B43"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding paragraph (3), the amount
distributed under this subsection for the first 4 fiscal years beginning on and
after October 1, 2007, shall be equal to the following percentage of the amount
otherwise required to be distributed:</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB811E5C668B941B1B1A61F860B4A46B2"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">50 percent in fiscal year 2008.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBD8FF9D3E927427D8B629739D3EA7C9F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">50 percent in fiscal year 2009.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2880017E25AA4B04BBDD777724EDEE60"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">75 percent in fiscal year 2010.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4AC5A06C1F9C44CCB11C56C9027752B7"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">75 percent in fiscal year
2011.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7B66D3314AC444E9AC79F3633D673CD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 712(b) of
the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1302(b)) is
amended by striking <quote>section 401(c)(11)</quote> and inserting
<quote>section 401(c)(9)</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id660920D7BED84408A29C7FD464EAA34C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>102.</enum><header>Reclamation
fee</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id21689529B51146AFB67CC6A6FC25A29F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amounts</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD702C7B807AC46D4A13452F6121CC5C4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Fiscal years
2008–2012</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective October
1, 2007, section 402(a) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of
1977 (30 U.S.C. 1232(a)) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD4E54135D858461B93F71C1AC0777C24"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>35</quote> and inserting
<quote>31.5</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H68BC2EF583B14773A63FAA6200BC0077"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>15</quote> and inserting
<quote>13.5</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H51050F35C77848E7BAF4B70796D790AB"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>10 cents</quote> and
inserting <quote>9 cents</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBC30EE37DE1F4CE3A576B46AC5FC9E33"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Fiscal years
2013–2021</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective October
1, 2012, section 402(a) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of
1977 (30 U.S.C. 1232(a)) (as amended by paragraph (1)) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id38CCDC30B5F04E52A867CDBA95C0B3EF"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>31.5</quote> and
inserting <quote>28</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA327E4A5DADC4BFB8CA9506AE6970A8B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>13.5</quote> and
inserting <quote>12</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5E223B8D125E45D39563D73AA5F9EF8E"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>9 cents</quote> and
inserting <quote>8 cents</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB624F49DBCA2401AA8C4E467ADE50062"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Duration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective June 30, 2006, section 402(b) of
the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1232(b)) is
amended by striking <quote>June 30, 2006</quote> and all that follows through
the end of the sentence and inserting <quote>September 30,
2021.</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF1717DBFADF84F2685219FECB0C333AF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Allocation of
funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 402(g) of the
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1232(g)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id13CCDBA9BE3147C99B1D28B79E7AA4DC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)(D)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H24A6512A91654A3D8827F1D8716E1982"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>(except for grants
awarded during fiscal years 2008, 2009, and 2010 to the extent not expended
within 5 years)</quote> after <quote>this paragraph</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB7218DAE8FC6441F001E603234B2E8F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>in any area under
paragraph (2), (3), (4), or (5)</quote> and inserting <quote>under paragraph
(5)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBFB0B6B57A284BF1A4E42700D1758BAF"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (2) and
inserting:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB3569D031CC54A0298293823C08FEB61" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC88017CA6B6848F68594E5580057AA00" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In making the grants referred to in
paragraph (1)(C) and the grants referred to in paragraph (5), the Secretary
shall ensure strict compliance by the States and Indian tribes with the
priorities described in section 403(a) until a certification is made under
section
411(a).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA1F4586527D94E6581D04CBAC0A87CDB"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEA04F70F0CBC45E7B97BA39075C23E87"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subparagraph (A),
by striking <quote>paragraphs (2) and</quote> and inserting
<quote>paragraph</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6C552FE7435D4D39AC7EC51F08A3B38E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by striking
<quote>401(c)(11)</quote> and inserting <quote>401(c)(9)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2B72002635854D7AADA78CBE034ED61F"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8236268638604CB7A38685C8727816A2" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE2266E6842264C24B52914C394B08C42" indent="up1"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the purpose of paragraph
(8).</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H45129CFBA9124B88B20000AE9F7792FD"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (5)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1E2DCB50154A46FEB796A200E9E8537D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>(A)</quote> after
<quote>(5)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H464DCD6DCDF543FFA51FB49DE5545B72"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the first sentence, by striking
<quote>40</quote> and inserting <quote>60</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H65243F0B8F944EB2925BF47FAE70781D"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the last sentence, by striking
<quote>Funds allocated or expended by the Secretary under paragraphs (2), (3),
or (4)</quote> and inserting <quote>Funds made available under paragraph (3) or
(4)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2BF06226F79A427600A5E71713CCB83"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H791739CE49834C1EA1FBEBAC3861ADDB" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC618D3A4FDEE477E9046A76302075254" indent="up2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any amount that is reallocated and
available under section 411(h)(3) shall be in addition to amounts that are
allocated under subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFA50158DB6C64988B4ED44A9104F32D2"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraphs (6) through (8) and
inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF02CB307D9B04F21A7CF1CC45D7B1EAE" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H20275E4217CF49A0B01BC240AC6F68F" indent="up1"><enum>(6)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H3052C5BBF5904BC3ABDCD2B51EA4DB2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any State with an approved abandoned mine
reclamation program pursuant to section 405 may receive and retain, without
regard to the 3-year limitation referred to in paragraph (1)(D), up to 30
percent of the total of the grants made annually to the State under paragraphs
(1) and (5) if those amounts are deposited into an acid mine drainage abatement
and treatment fund established under State law, from which amounts (together
with all interest earned on the amounts) are expended by the State for the
abatement of the causes and the treatment of the effects of acid mine drainage
in a comprehensive manner within qualified hydrologic units affected by coal
mining practices.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB11523F94A824540B6E5E960A1AD8161" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this paragraph, the term
<quote>qualified hydrologic unit</quote> means a hydrologic unit—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H62242023B9B44B758CCFD96825DCE700"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in which the water quality has been
significantly affected by acid mine drainage from coal mining practices in a
manner that adversely impacts biological resources; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3FD8160531F44AA0839E8F23004ED6D0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that contains land and water that
are—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC72FF0E41A37443280A962AD6CDCBF36"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">eligible pursuant to section 404 and
include any of the priorities described in section 403(a); and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB17F1C4C0A1742DB9FD86ED01641CF00"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the subject of expenditures by the State
from the forfeiture of bonds required under section 509 or from other States
sources to abate and treat acid mine drainage.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4A40A6E525C24A08B9F8D963A4CF92D2" indent="up1"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In complying with the priorities described
in section 403(a), any State or Indian tribe may use amounts available in
grants made annually to the State or tribe under paragraphs (1) and (5) for the
reclamation of eligible land and water described in section 403(a)(3) before
the completion of reclamation projects under paragraphs (1) and (2) of section
403(a) only if the expenditure of funds for the reclamation is done in
conjunction with the expenditure of funds for reclamation projects under
paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 403(a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H66956EDBD4D242BEA60053A614110ED" indent="up1"><enum>(8)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id0E4C93A043754335A72ADA6346026583"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In making the grants referred to in
paragraph (1)(C), the Secretary, using amounts allocated to a State or Indian
tribe under subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1) or to the extent amounts
are available to the Secretary under section 401(f), shall ensure that the
total grant awards of not less than $3,000,000 annually are made to each State
and each Indian tribe.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC32D1E6D7658477180C11842CA8DB863" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
this paragraph applies to the States of Tennessee and
Missouri.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id794AB07918684BF79D5CEC049F211ACD"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Transfers of
interest earned by abandoned mine reclamation fund</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
402 of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1232)
is amended by striking subsection (h) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5D72BF8F043A40FA98A08A73BB4E2C14" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id47F8768D1367470CABE433B079BCD684"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Transfers of
interest earned by fund</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id189EBCBD6BC34D9CB02BCEB2FBCF1554"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id25FB111A2C764F2BB14F810F9DB94074"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Transfers to
combined benefit fund</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As soon
as practicable after the beginning of fiscal year 2007 and each fiscal year
thereafter, and before making any allocation with respect to the fiscal year
under subsection (g), the Secretary shall use an amount not to exceed the
amount of interest that the Secretary estimates will be earned and paid to the
fund during the fiscal year to make the transfer described in paragraph
(2)(A).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7647297EFB9A4D41A7B2AFD88636BCF4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Transfers to
1992 and 1993 plans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As soon
as practicable after the beginning of fiscal year 2008 and each fiscal year
thereafter, and before making any allocation with respect to the fiscal year
under subsection (g), the Secretary shall use an amount not to exceed the
amount of interest that the Secretary estimates will be earned and paid to the
fund during the fiscal year (reduced by the amount used under subparagraph (A))
to make the transfers described in paragraphs (2)(B) and (2)(C).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC5982098E59E4227971CA4758D18AA74"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Transfers
described</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The transfers
referred to in paragraph (1) are the following:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAC1C48A5D739474C8344FE39D5F4DFD1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>United mine
workers of america combined benefit fund</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A transfer to the United Mine Workers of
America Combined Benefit Fund equal to the amount that the trustees of the
Combined Benefit Fund estimate will be expended from the fund for the fiscal
year in which the transfer is made, reduced by—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0E4E32D4C28248D3A0148F126E3337FB"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount the trustees of the Combined
Benefit Fund estimate the Combined Benefit Fund will receive during the fiscal
year in—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB49E712D03F14CC58FD2BBB16096E3C0"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">required premiums; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAC5ABEDB72D94AAA84CD51292C1B9AD5"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">payments paid by Federal agencies in
connection with benefits provided by the Combined Benefit Fund; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0E9D1924C9FE46E486E48173C816CC8C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount the trustees of the Combined
Benefit Fund estimate will be expended during the fiscal year to provide health
benefits to beneficiaries who are unassigned beneficiaries solely as a result
of the application of section 9706(h)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
but only to the extent that such amount does not exceed the amounts described
in section 35(c)(1) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191(c)) that the
Secretary estimates will be available to pay such estimated
expenditures.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id64B2FFA4C3E54AA49B95E6AFB09DF3ED"><enum>(B)</enum><header>United mine
workers of America 1992 benefit plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A transfer to the United Mine Workers of
America 1992 Benefit Plan, in an amount equal to the difference between—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id70E8C00A2C8342DA9DE17B4F6B1AA13C"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount that the trustees of the 1992
UMWA Benefit Plan estimate will be expended from the 1992 UMWA Benefit Plan
during the next calendar year to provide the benefits required by the 1992 UMWA
Benefit Plan on the date of enactment of this subparagraph; minus</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBEE53BF8444948428379585ABBFC1CB7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount that the trustees of the 1992
UMWA Benefit Plan estimate the 1992 UMWA Benefit Plan will receive during the
next calendar year in required monthly per beneficiary premiums, including the
amount of any security provided to the 1992 UMWA Benefit Plan that is available
for use in the provision of benefits.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0624A63BC155401DAD6865906C28F8FC"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Multiemployer
health benefit plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A
transfer to the Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan established after July 20,
1992, by the parties that are the settlors of the 1992 UMWA Benefit Plan
referred to in subparagraph (B), in an amount equal to—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id57213EE4E2A54055A2A687FB3B81D487"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount that the trustees of the
Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan estimate will be expended from the Plan
during the next calendar year, to provide benefits no greater than those
provided by the Plan as of December 31, 2006; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBF551F2923DB4E08AE210D4A87752C25"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">calculated with respect to those
beneficiaries actually enrolled in the Plan as of December 31, 2006, who are
eligible to receive benefits under the Plan on the first day of the calendar
year for which the transfer is made.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id402B6CFD6DB2472C97CA0BF5504EEE11"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Individuals
considered enrolled</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For
purposes of subparagraph (C), any individual who was eligible to receive
benefits from the Plan as of the date of enactment of this subsection, even
though benefits were being provided to the individual pursuant to a settlement
agreement approved by order of a bankruptcy court entered on or before
September 30, 2004, will be considered to be actually enrolled in the Plan and
shall receive benefits from the Plan beginning on December 31, 2006.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAF8B9E0857A546B9A22303922AB27A68"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Adjustment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If, for any fiscal year, the amount of a
transfer under subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (2) is more or less
than the amount required to be transferred under that subparagraph, the
Secretary shall appropriately adjust the amount transferred under that
subparagraph for the next fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id427EDC10959842DDBB750EE65FF0907A"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Additional
amounts</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEFBD47052F9C442F9082ABB344BD4F74"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Previously
credited interest</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
any interest credited to the fund that has not previously been transferred to
the Combined Benefit Fund referred to in paragraph (2)(A) under this section
shall be used—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id29233FAC40E14862B3847242CF6C3C3C"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to transfer to the Combined Benefit Fund
such amounts as are estimated by the trustees of the Combined Benefit Fund to
offset the amount of any deficit in net assets in the Combined Benefit Fund;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id356E416F4A634F66856EE0E15681209E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the extent any such interest remains
after the transfer under clause (i), to make the transfers described in
subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of paragraph (2).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id63492DB7783C40A79DD42B0D7822EAFF"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Previously
allocated amounts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All amounts
allocated under subsection (g)(2) before the date of enactment of this
subparagraph for the program described in section 406, but not appropriated
before that date, shall be available to the Secretary to make the transfers
described in paragraph (2).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0E5E554C9BB24900951AC56B76E33F09"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Limitations</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id757610A9E96444AAAEB8B80B89050D9B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Availability of
funds for next fiscal year</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may make transfers under
subparagraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (2) for a calendar year only if the
Secretary determines, using actuarial projections provided by the trustees of
the Combined Benefit Fund referred to in paragraph (2)(A), that amounts will be
available under paragraph (1), after the transfer, for the next fiscal year for
making the transfer under paragraph (2)(A).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id36EAC9C406AC4A258CD2694C7076A814"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Rate of
contributions of obligors</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id129BE5577EC041EC924F4D8B86C84ACF"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7E0F1D3AAC0C4E5A8007779E42BFE1CF"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Rate</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A transfer under paragraph (2)(C) shall not
be made for a calendar year unless the persons that are obligated to contribute
to the plan referred to in paragraph (2)(C) on the date of the transfer are
obligated to make the contributions at rates that are no less than those in
effect on the date of enactment of this subsection.</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFB5BD1233F2D4813B0F9489F95D5B46B"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The contributions described in subclause
(I) shall be applied first to the provision of benefits to those plan
beneficiaries who are not described in paragraph (2)(C)(ii).</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCA800847CA454A4C8DFD36E50D7D774D"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Initial
contributions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">From the date
of enactment of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act Amendments of
2006 through December 31, 2010, the persons that, on the date of enactment of
that Act, are obligated to contribute to the plan referred to in paragraph
(2)(C) shall be obligated, collectively, to make contributions equal to the
amount required to be transferred under paragraph (2)(C), less the amount
actually transferred due to the operation of subparagraph (C).</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF53117E6DE844F6AA890C2F6CFCD9DFC"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Division</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The collective annual contribution
obligation required under clause (ii) shall be divided among the persons
subject to the obligation, and applied uniformly, based on the hours worked for
which contributions referred to in clause (i) would be owed.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id934C932DDC3B4CA8B57C72C72A1751AD"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Phase-in of
transfers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each of
calendar years 2008 through 2010, the transfers required under subparagraphs
(B) and (C) of paragraph (2) shall equal the following amounts:</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE953F0AE530C49279341A289F7340A38"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For calendar year 2008, the Secretary shall
make transfers equal to 25 percent of the amounts that would otherwise be
required under subparagraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (2).</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id341927E47F4245F2B121E93FEB20CFD8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For calendar year 2009, the Secretary shall
make transfers equal to 50 percent of the amounts that would otherwise be
required under subparagraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (2).</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA59ED058A40D4671B233F5B41D50FBD6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For calendar year 2010, the Secretary shall
make transfers equal to 75 percent of the amounts that would otherwise be
required under subparagraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph
(2).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDB2E1A6384934D508DB2D070A9F5D25" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>103.</enum><header>Objectives of
Fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 403 of the
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1233) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5BFD4DB093684EE2BBE3F5B83003E48"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC616B3B2B32049F985F752E6145C594D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking
<quote>general welfare,</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8D87D63D64D34127A1F5F1F00E5A001"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id784DCDAAE6C84DCABF08D20BD54AF330"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>health, safety, and
general welfare</quote> and inserting <quote>health and safety</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8E7528FA066B495AB5517EFD4B8CDFE5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>and</quote> after the
semicolon at the end;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H57856B6871A6436B8C01F2E473329064"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), by striking the semicolon
at the end and inserting a period; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAFCF5451D4014295BC35CB30825BB8EB"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraphs (4) and (5);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3FE6BE7FDA654F330030B4C53E8331D8"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2F6AA93AFBB04A2B8D402EA367DD67C4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the subsection heading and
inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Water supply
restoration</header-in-text>.—</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9A3BAB48E81E445295053FD92914ADAC"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>up to
30 percent of the</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5DCB14B3BAA0404BA5B9FE735C247C46"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the second sentence of subsection (c),
by inserting <quote>, subject to the approval of the Secretary,</quote> after
<quote>amendments</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H34AF6F1CEFBC4FDF9416E99820EC7080" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>104.</enum><header>Reclamation of rural
land</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9F4F3F6F65FC42F49529CACBF73B99A0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Administration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 406(h) of the Surface Mining
Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1236(h)) is amended by striking
<quote>Soil Conservation Service</quote> and inserting <quote>Natural Resources
Conservation Service</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H67A4B8BB8E9F4C2C0099804763110022"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations for carrying out rural land reclamation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 406 of the Surface Mining Control
and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1236) is amended by adding at the end
the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD5FA03A0B1DD4787BD34F7D2D75FF52E" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H847706AA1EAD4E84BDF3129C1DA496C6"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to
the Secretary of Agriculture, from amounts in the Treasury other than amounts
in the fund, such sums as may be necessary to carry out this
section.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H57447F217FB346DA87E95654A968A975" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>105.</enum><header>Liens</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 408(a) of the Surface Mining Control
and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1238) is amended in the last sentence by
striking <quote>who owned the surface prior to May 2, 1977, and</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H93A8250A25A14C418677424FBA2467BA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>106.</enum><header>Certification</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 411 of the Surface Mining Control
and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1240a) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3DB89E8FFB0E438EABD7CEE3B6C5238C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE31EE1B2165340FEB7F61825121CA38B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>(1)</quote> before the
first sentence; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id69A94A186BA341AFAD2B2A19761B76BF"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF338142C69C94CD88407F0AF9DC7EBA" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4C53A7A7F7CD4F329FD7C06CE075800" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id1DF9363039BB4CDD9E09939DF303350D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may, on the initiative of the
Secretary, make the certification referred to in paragraph (1) on behalf of any
State or Indian tribe referred to in paragraph (1) if on the basis of the
inventory referred to in section 403(c) all reclamation projects relating to
the priorities described in section 403(a) for eligible land and water pursuant
to section 404 in the State or tribe have been completed.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6A28AD290798497F898D68FE3DDEF1E8" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall only make the
certification after notice in the Federal Register and opportunity for public
comment.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H70B9334BF9D6483996048EA2F67BB950"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD6F5E333988C4069AE9581DF2EB3354D" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3CEDF21EBDBD45F193AD91F25B2D7BD"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Payments to
States and Indian tribes</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4A21EB919176440BB6B035A1EE7D16E7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id50507C6D0FA445F9B7B406C9EE2CA078"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">From funds referred to in section 35(a) of
the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191(a)) that are paid into the Treasury
after the date of the enactment of this subsection and that are available to be
paid to States under section 35 of that Act, reserved as part of the
reclamation fund under that section, or paid under section 35(c) of that Act,
the Secretary shall make payments to States or Indian tribes for the amount due
for the aggregate unappropriated amount allocated to the State or Indian tribe
under subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 402(g)(1).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAB556D2533034580995331CE9B070424"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Amount
due</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this paragraph, the
term <quote>amount due</quote> means the unappropriated amount allocated to a
State or Indian tribe before October 1, 2007, under subparagraph (A) or (B) of
section 402(g)(1).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H05752CDAC4A2445C9800BBE829FB5C03"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Schedule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subparagraph (E), payments under
subparagraph (A) shall be made in 10 equal annual installments, beginning with
fiscal year 2008.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7FB3A9242E66407BAC63D2E5E088D6E4"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H98866DD290E24CED95676D59CDAA008F"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Certified states
and indian tribes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State or
Indian tribe that makes a certification under subsection (a) in which the
Secretary concurs shall use any amounts provided under this paragraph for the
purposes established by the State legislature or tribal council of the Indian
tribe, with priority given for addressing the impacts of mineral
development.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB5D6C3C20773411195C8CB7F8DB1B0CB"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Uncertified
States and Indian tribes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A
State or Indian tribe that has not made a certification under subsection (a) in
which the Secretary has concurred shall use any amounts provided under this
paragraph for the purposes described in section 403.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCCB9340F70004040006854BF9E902BAE"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Phase-in of
payments</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id61DCE0157F8346608B1282277F6FE0E5"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Act, the first 3 annual installments paid to any State
or Indian tribe beginning with fiscal year 2008 shall be reduced, respectively,
to 25 percent, 50 percent, and 75 percent of the amounts otherwise required
under subparagraph (A).</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id353155FA748D4BEE934C3A48CA7A7DCE"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Installments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts withheld from the first 3 annual
installments as provided under subparagraph (C) shall be paid in 2 equal annual
installments beginning with fiscal year 2018.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H67FFA2ED6FEE425EA49191C9177D3588"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Subsequent State
and Indian tribe share for certain certified States and Indian tribes</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H57DD3FA7DD0442B89857AA57EC1BADAA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">From moneys referred
to in section 35(a) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191(a)) that are paid
into the Treasury after the date of the enactment of this subsection and that
are available to be paid to States or Indian tribes under section 35(c) of that
Act, the Secretary shall pay to each qualified State or Indian tribe, on a
proportional basis, an amount equal to the sum of the aggregate unappropriated
amount allocated on or after October 1, 2007, to the qualified State or Indian
tribe under subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 402(g)(1).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAACA6413FB3042E5A30062A03226E89"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Qualified State
or Indian tribe defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In
this paragraph the term <quote>qualified State or Indian tribe</quote> means a
State or Indian tribe for which a certification is made under subsection (a) in
which the Secretary concurs and in which there are public domain lands
available for leasing under the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et
seq.).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2FF9A72599224D9EB462116BC7F73759"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Manner of
payment</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id146D682EC3644D35A17C2F87802A3637"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to
subparagraph (B), payments to States or Indian tribes under this subsection
shall be made, without regard to any limitation in section 401(d), in the same
manner as if paid under section 35 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191)
and concurrently with payments to States under that section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCB27EECE04D441538E47E5B8E55051CD"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Initial
payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The first 3 payments
made to any State or Indian tribe shall be reduced to 25 percent, 50 percent,
and 75 percent, respectively, of the amounts otherwise required under paragraph
(2)(A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9269C0EE1AFB4DD2A100F357BCF78072"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Reallocation</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id88878E5A0B314AD3854F2D9A2619FC45"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amount allocated
to any State or Indian tribe under subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 402(g)(1)
that is paid to the State or Indian tribe as a result of a payment under
paragraph (1) or (2) shall be reallocated and available for grants under
section 402(g)(5).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4C7013828505424E954AD162D6086EB2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Allocation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The grants shall be allocated based on the
amount of coal historically produced before August 3, 1977, in the same manner
as under section 402(g)(5).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block></after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFCE9647B7322427799A113F2DD5CBBC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>107.</enum><header>Remining
incentives</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title IV of the
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1231 et seq.) is
amended by adding at the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD9E93D4867F34FBE00914000D3A54AC" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H534D3ACF030047DCB5A81B14809160DD" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>415.</enum><header>Remining
incentives</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9488B1A27C1F405F98A20067FFEA84C7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Act, the Secretary may, after opportunity for public
comment, promulgate regulations that describe conditions under which amounts in
the fund may be used to provide incentives to promote remining of eligible land
under section 404 in a manner that leverages the use of amounts from the fund
to achieve more reclamation with respect to the eligible land than would be
achieved without the incentives.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD9C3E415EC7D46F78DF1FFE8C93CF094"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any regulations promulgated under
subsection (a) shall specify that the incentives shall apply only if the
Secretary determines, with the concurrence of the State regulatory authority
referred to in title V, that, without the incentives, the eligible land would
not be likely to be remined and reclaimed.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD230CEE23F3543408DF726D4A028C856"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Incentives</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6BF266EFCEA5418B8279598483AF1050"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Incentives that may
be considered for inclusion in the regulations promulgated under subsection (a)
include, but are not limited to—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H455650F87C2D48B6A1CDADFEBA3C991D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a rebate or waiver of the reclamation fees
required under section 402(a); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCFFC00D44A484563A8C13E8E8203858E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the use of amounts in the fund to provide
financial assurance for remining operations in lieu of all or a portion of the
performance bonds required under section 509.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC481BC976D524CE7BB999FDB2F7247DA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitations</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC0710185E1684174AD4C007734225D18"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Use</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A rebate or waiver under paragraph (1)(A)
shall be used only for operations that—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDB66029468AA4CCA851D5C2D08967427"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">remove or reprocess abandoned coal mine
waste; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H321293FE692341C4911D1D3DF820078"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct remining activities that meet the
priorities specified in paragraph (1) or (2) of section 403(a).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD7FA2E12B8964274ACFCFC2794862C84"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Amount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amount of a rebate or waiver provided
as an incentive under paragraph (1)(A) to remine or reclaim eligible land shall
not exceed the estimated cost of reclaiming the eligible land under this
section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF424E9693BC74E15B5C090B8B605052E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>108.</enum><header>Extension of
limitation on application of prohibition on issuance of permit</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 510(e) of the Surface Mining Control
and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1260(e)) is amended in the last sentence
by striking <quote>2004</quote> and inserting <quote>2020</quote>.</text>
</section><enum>II</enum><header>MINERAL LEASING</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1B6EFE6FE24A4528BB00CB79522FB7B6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header>Mineral
leasing</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 35 of the
Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5A2B74736E6C419C9FCD15564326A014"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3F872FEE39174DF694493A12410C599C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>subsection (b)</quote>
and inserting <quote>subsections (b), (c), and (d)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2CCD39ACEFD0400CBF72DA9722165A1B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>50 per centum thereof
shall be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury to the State other than
Alaska</quote> and inserting <quote>each State other than Alaska shall be paid
by the Secretary of the Treasury an amount equal to 50 per centum of the amount
received</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id64A1FB0FBE5A46A7829702E2007ED113"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>of the total</quote>
after <quote>40 per centum</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8E96A999F1514245A5E51C4E4CC30953"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0F4A1551807B40119D99F341A7556C43"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(b) In
determining</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3097F32CFD0D41C2AA64C0983DE1EB79" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBCB5FF924A0B4D8980D9E5E3971C721A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Determination
of payment amounts</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id47D49EE841F342E3B95373B9B661C6B1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In
determining</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE401849B65D54B109576B9324B109016"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2C49CD2D14C0461E8F78393A2BB52EFB" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id67BFA422929E41179BCF399931A736C6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Basis for
payment calculation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
calculation of the 50 per centum to be paid to States under subsection (a)
shall be made based on all money received, and shall not be reduced by payments
made under subsection (c).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFAD44950C4D44B868233ABBF2C16CE57"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id05B8FD7BF27E44299CD3A4ACC337398A" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7566B8EF3B63491FA521A7B3DF300749"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Amounts
received from coal leases</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">From amounts referred to in subsection (a)
that are from sales, bonuses, royalties (including interest charges), and
rentals collected from coal leases and are paid into the Treasury of the United
States after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall
for fiscal year 2008 and each fiscal year thereafter, make the following
payments:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H65E88E1518904CBB81FB2776E072311D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amount that the trustees of the
Combined Fund (as defined in section 9701(a)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986) estimate will be expended from premium accounts maintained by the fund
for the fiscal year to provide benefits for beneficiaries who are unassigned
beneficiaries solely as a result of the application of section 9706(h)(1) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, subject to the following limitations:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H451963C1273146CEA4BDFB4963D53CEC"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For fiscal year 2008, the amount paid under
this paragraph shall equal 45 percent of the amount that would otherwise be
required.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE48A9BC4CB584E8687E2E7018F1F00CA"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For fiscal year 2009, the amount paid under
this paragraph shall equal 60 percent of the amount that would otherwise be
required.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1678AE4125114A959B4F16576C6DE2E2"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For fiscal year 2010, the amount paid under
this paragraph shall equal 85 percent of the amount that would otherwise be
required.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC7B11F592C4A40F58953AB6C72EB7125"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On certification by the trustees of any
plan described in section 402(h)(2) of the Surface Mining Control and
Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1232(h)(2)) that the amount available for
transfer by the Secretary pursuant to that section (determined after
application of any limitation under section 402(h)(5) of such Act) is less than
the amount required to be transferred, the Secretary shall pay to the plan
(after the subtractions for payments made under subsection (e)) the amount
necessary to meet the requirement of section 402(h)(2) of that Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H85182468F1A745BB8398B8EDEEE77488"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the Combined Fund (as defined in section
9701(a)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986), $9,000,000 on October 1,
2007, $9,000,000 on October 1, 2008, and $9,000,000 on October 1, 2009 (which
amounts shall not be exceeded) to provide a refund of any premium (as described
in section 9704(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) paid on or before
September 7, 2000, to the Combined Fund, plus interest on the premium
calculated at the rate of 7.5 percent per year, on a proportional basis and to
be paid not later than 60 days after the date on which each payment is received
by the Combined Fund, to those signatory operators (to the extent that the
Combined Fund has not previously returned the premium amounts to the
operators), or any related persons to the operators (as defined in section
9701(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986), or their heirs, successors, or
assigns who have been denied the refunds as the result of final judgments or
settlements if prior to the date of enactment of this subsection the signatory
operator (or any related person to the operator)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFF1D4BF7068F4C0AB448FA4BAD0955E7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">had all of its beneficiary assignments made
under section 9706 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 voided by the
Commissioner of the Social Security Administration;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE7099DEE3333462AA2FBA104BE3B4560"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">was subject to a final judgment or final
settlement of litigation adverse to a claim by the operator that the assignment
of beneficiaries under section 9706 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 was
unconstitutional as applied to the operator; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H411ED9D9C801409EB387BCFE9D482736"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">paid to the Combined Fund any premium
amount that had not been refunded.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA03082B5F15D4A05A06599B27092ED60"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">From any additional available moneys
referred to in this subsection, payments for amounts referred to in sections
411(h)(1)(A) and 411(h)(2)(A) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act
of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1240a(h)(1)(A) and 1240a(h)(2)(A)).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD5F846E48E1F47F396962061E2F60ED2"><enum>(d)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The calculation of the 40 per centum to be
paid to the reclamation fund under subsection (a) shall be made based on all
money received, and shall not be reduced by payments made under subsection
(c).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H63F6A51A41BF4EBAA288F9D6EFB5273"><enum>(e)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HCE8C2F22238240579ED8F96E00518063"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding subsection (a), for each of
fiscal years 2007 through 2021, from all excess receipts received from sales,
bonuses, royalties (including interest charges), and rentals collected from
coal leases and referred to in subsection (a) that are deposited into the
Treasury, all excess receipts up to $320,000,000 shall be used by the Secretary
to make payments to meet the requirements of section 402(h)(2) of the Surface
Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1232(h)(2)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id37D489F7BC824EB3B7480DCEDBBB0899" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of paragraph (1), excess
receipts shall be the amount calculated on the basis of the difference between
the prevailing market prices on which the sales, bonuses, royalties, and
rentals were made and 110 percent of the projected market prices for that
fiscal year, as contained in the economic assumptions underlying the Concurrent
Resolution on the Budget, under section 301 of the Congressional Budget and
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id24770931A16049CAB99ADD97DED2C98D" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds for payment under paragraph (1) shall
be available to the Secretary for obligation under this Act without fiscal year
limitation, to remain available until expended.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id76051C588C1647859CDA7E443399F2F2"><enum>(f)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the event that amounts available to the
Secretary of the Treasury for the payments described in subsection (c) are
insufficient for the Secretary to make each described payment in full for any
fiscal year, the Secretary shall adjust the payments so that—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9167AA4CDD044E30AD4A6B4A03BC2F66"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each payment for the fiscal year is a
percentage of the amount described; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id61C88E38EDDC4B83B87EE89E55A493FF"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the percentage paid is the same for all
payments made under those subsections for the fiscal
year.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><enum>III</enum><header>Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefit Act
</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe5b294e105504acea3ee61e5c8f8ade9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header>Certain related
persons and successors in interest relieved of liability if premiums
prepaid</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id89C6EFB6AE8646EA9EC6B24B6B26BC4F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Combined
Benefit Fund</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4A5422D95E2642B6ACFFC1FFB20459D4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 9704 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to liability of assigned operators) is
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDEEF2AF69B7B4A6BBE6872A55DDDB1D9" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb16918219cda4697b9676d767c18b55a"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Prepayment of
premium liability</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa0eaf645723e4faa88681d40d2cd4642"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDD8CC8B8ABC24A10BAE129B4DA9B4868"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 or more assigned operators to which this
subsection applies (or any related person to any such assigned operator) are
members of a controlled group of corporations (within the meaning of section
52(a)) the common parent of which—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC0AEB6D519B14C05A421B334357111B9"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is a corporation the shares of which are
publicly traded on a United States exchange, and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6202F2A082EE45C19D60772557D04368"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is jointly and severally liable for any
premium under this section which (but for this subsection) would be required to
be paid by the assigned operators or related person, and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD06CE3D9BBA944629A1D1FA08D833DF5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a payment meeting the requirements of
paragraph (3) is made to the Combined Fund by or on behalf of the assigned
operators or related person,</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="paragraph">then such common parent (and no other
person) shall be liable for any premium under this section for which the
assigned operators or related person would otherwise be liable.</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id836BDE80A48E4DF483910C6B968981B9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Assigned
operators to which subsection applies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This subsection shall apply to any assigned
operator if—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD8F6E48C77D249B3ADBA50DED7C1A026"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the assigned operator (or a related person
to the assigned operator)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDCBB01B025534C58B623FFC2C7DDE610"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">made contributions to the 1950 UMWA Benefit
Plan and the 1974 UMWA Benefit Plan for employment during the period covered by
the 1988 agreement; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF3057521FDBF4D2B993CB67B925B007F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is not a 1988 agreement operator;
and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb3b8c726acf84663a9bd4d0eb426c36e"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the assigned operator (and all related
persons to the assigned operator) are not actively engaged in the production of
coal as of July 1, 2005.</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="paragraph">A person shall not fail to be treated
as an assigned operator to which this subsection applies solely because the
person ceases to be an assigned operator by reason of section 9706(h)(1) if the
person otherwise meets the requirements of this subsection and is liable for
the payment of premiums under section 9706(h)(3).</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1a0abef985ad4d81b50b623ae73f8532"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A payment meets the requirements of this
paragraph if—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb8a61183876441789b3f60fccae7c3b8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount of the payment is not less than
the present value of the total premium liability under this chapter with
respect to the Combined Fund of the assigned operators or related persons
described in paragraph (1) or their assignees, as determined by the operator's
or related person's enrolled actuary (as defined in section 7701(a)(35)) using
actuarial methods and assumptions each of which is reasonable and which are
reasonable in the aggregate, as determined by such enrolled actuary;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID471626935f9b46ae99d827f527bfefc3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a signed actuarial report is filed with the
Secretary of Labor by such enrolled actuary containing—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0dea90a5344f4527bdffe35d4f6c9c2e"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the date of the actuarial valuation
applicable to the report; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID441f33b644d74cfdb9afc07ab8a3a879"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a statement by the enrolled actuary signing
the report that to the best of the actuary's knowledge the report is complete
and accurate and that in the actuary’s opinion the actuarial assumptions used
are in the aggregate reasonably related to the experience of the operator and
to reasonable expectations; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDab87a7d2ca07409ca56c9b16658d1bf7"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">90 calendar days have elapsed after the
report required by subparagraph (B) is filed with the Secretary of Labor, and
the Secretary of Labor has not notified the assigned operator in writing that
the requirements of this paragraph have not been satisfied.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa611f38d042640f18e9ce23e902b8502"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Use of
prepayment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Combined Fund
shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFFE7025EB9B345D5812C13CA3F78A9C8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establish and maintain an account for each
assigned operator or related person by, or on whose behalf, a payment described
in paragraph (3) was made,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id18FDA4B1DF4443E1826214311F38EE22"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">credit such account with such payment (and
any earnings thereon), and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1D019E7B7A2D4CC186DFDD203E4112DE"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">use all amounts in such account exclusively
to pay premiums that would (but for this subsection) be required to be paid by
the assigned operator.</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="paragraph">Upon termination of the obligations
for the premium liability of any assigned operator or related person for which
such account is maintained, all funds remaining in such account (and earnings
thereon) shall be refunded to such person as may be designated by the common
parent described in paragraph
(1)(A).</continuation-text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6AC34C4FAE3E4A3399AB5CA87702722D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Individual
employer plans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
9711(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to joint and several
liability) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id077E1AFB85F6455488A0545AB6F9B184" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5F8C70BE062E419FB74F709651FBC28B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Joint and
several liability of related persons</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id94ED3EB49D3A4F22AD44637F038CDC1F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in
paragraph (2), each related person of a last signatory operator to which
subsection (a) or (b) applies shall be jointly and severally liable with the
last signatory operator for the provision of health care coverage described in
subsection (a) or (b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id95A0553EBFAD4262919E7F75F866C430"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Liability
limited if security provided</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id88FFB353A32642CB8FD5F44BBE6347B6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 or more last signatory operators to which
this paragraph applies (or any related person to any such last signatory
operator) are members of a controlled group of corporations (within the meaning
of section 52(a)) the common parent of which—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6B494A6E91604CF58C40A077C78556B3"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is a corporation the shares of which are
publicly traded on a United States exchange, and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFE5678210F134E35A1D0EBB12C9CBF9A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is jointly and severally liable for the
provision of health care under this section which, but for this paragraph,
would be required to be provided by the last signatory operators or related
person, and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB652F35D46F64A6FBD64F25ABC863825"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">security meeting the requirements of
paragraph (4) is provided by or on behalf of the last signatory operators or
related person,</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="paragraph">then, as of the date the security is
provided, such common parent (and no other person) shall be liable for the
provision of health care under this section which the last signatory operators
or related person would otherwise be required to provide.</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id507F79F4B3A04FF3894E283108F5F858"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Last signatory
operators to which paragraph (2) applies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This subsection shall apply to any last
signatory operator if—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id04EAAB941DEA4305956E9FF82CD18C68"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the last signatory operator is an assigned
operator meeting the requirements of section 9704(j)(2), or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idABB794CF6F6048D49BADABC6812E0368"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the last signatory operator is not an
assigned operator and—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF9B9AE0C10894C19A576E5A200F8B335"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the last signatory operator (or a related
person to the last signatory operator)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB91BE148DA8441C18ACD14D004C56A09"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">made contributions to the 1950 UMWA Benefit
Plan and the 1974 UMWA Benefit Plan for employment during the period covered by
the 1988 agreement; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7B3B1FB8DEBD439F94E00516D8CBD0C9"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is not a 1988 agreement operator;
and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFA7FD646D5D8478496CE9CCA20064E21"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the last signatory operator (and all
related persons to the last signatory operator) are not actively engaged in the
production of coal as of July 1, 2005.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5080CB267D1B40DC83910287EA7EDEA8"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Security</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Security meets the requirements of this
paragraph if—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id948A97D11AE1440F81CDCDCA29F034B6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the security—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id855196891B6140689931CDAB31BD2BF5"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is in the form of a bond, letter of credit,
or cash escrow,</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6AF092BEF2664E61B2450B1CAA4C5ED4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is provided to the trustees of the 1992
UMWA Benefit Plan solely for the purpose of paying premiums for beneficiaries
who would be described in section 9712(b)(2)(B) if the requirements of this
section were not met by the last signatory operator, and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id07751FF104DA43058897C4FE926C12D0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is in an amount equal to 1 year of
liability of the last signatory operator under this section, determined by
using the average cost of such operator's liability during the prior 3 calendar
years;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF43C37B1569B42FCB66F483F25815B05"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the security is in addition to any other
security required under any other provision of this title; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1C35FEA6C1F649048489E0695F5B4AB9"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the security remains in place for 5
years.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2132EFAB79EB44549AFB98BDC61A088A"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Refunds of
security</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The full amount of
any security provided under this subsection (and earnings thereon) shall be
refunded to the last signatory operator as of the earlier of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0EAA453176E941409127F2E10A4EBB45"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the termination of the obligations of the
last signatory operator under this section, or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0A34B119D894455491821324F4862A08"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the end of the 5-year period described in
paragraph (4)(C).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block></after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDD1D602697634B3A8DDB7B0D83E555F9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>1992 UMWA
Benefit Plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
9712(d)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to joint and several
liability) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence:
<quote>The provisions of section 9711(c)(2) shall apply to any last signatory
operator described in section 9711(c)(3) and if security meeting the
requirements of section 9711(c)(4) is provided, the common parent described in
section 9711(c)(2) shall be exclusively responsible for any liability for
premiums under this section which, but for this sentence, would be required to
be paid by the last signatory operator or any related person.</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID60f76df96b7842e28fd61f6fa568cb9a"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Successor in
interest</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 9701(c) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to terms relating to operators) is
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7C973582D9734FF2B2F707E949E5E485" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa0e106d432f64a33ba806c9273385014"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Successor in
interest</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2b4808e549dc484d85a84b9d0f435865"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Safe
harbor</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>successor in interest</term> shall not include any person who—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID65da29b2c4194254995fb48b32356c4c"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is an unrelated person to an eligible
seller described in subparagraph (C); and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDce8b461a72564e5bb449a02226936982"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">purchases for fair market value assets, or
all of the stock, of a related person to such seller, in a bona fide,
arm's-length sale.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID67918031a50b46de82180c53e49820e1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Unrelated
person</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>unrelated person</term> means a purchaser who does not bear a
relationship to the eligible seller described in section 267(b).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf3a245538e9946a1998c63579bd4eeb3"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Eligible
seller</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this
paragraph, the term <term>eligible seller</term> means an assigned operator
described in section 9704(j)(2), a last signatory operator described in section
9711(c)(3), or a related person to such assigned operator or last signatory
operator.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block></after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6ad6cb36daa04071816fcff2a344d203"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by
this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and the
amendment made by subsection (d) shall apply to transactions after the date of
the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7131063F53BA46B6B9C8EDEF0FA550AC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>302.</enum><header>Transfers to funds;
premium relief</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id20709A7AD6334166B2EB140BEF9B90CB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Combined
Fund</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF22097E511DD4DC29DA24EDFB0A51182"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Federal
transfers under certain mining laws</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 9705(b) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 (relating to transfers from Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund) is
amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7B61E61D13614720B7ADE0C417AE0BB8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>or under the Mineral
Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191)</quote> before the period at the end of paragraph
(1),</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3979FB7FD6E840828958C83DEFBF6C82"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the
following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8D361C16D07B417A9AD546C272D11F92" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8DC75617EBB64942A8E5766EF4DD9534"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any amount transferred
under paragraph (1) for any fiscal year shall be used to pay benefits and
administrative costs of beneficiaries of the Combined Fund or for such other
purposes as are specifically provided in the Acts described in paragraph
(1).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>,
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id07C29265F4A54C6CA83696BB2913785A"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">From Abandoned Mine Reclamation
Fund</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Under Certain Federal Mining
Laws</header-in-text></quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9F7E536E06EC40BF00DDBB17257B411F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Modifications
of premiums to reflect transfers under mining laws</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID216F9102EF18468AB65ED42230793693"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Elimination of
unassigned beneficiaries premium</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 9704(d) of such Code (establishing
unassigned beneficiaries premium) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID058DBAF92D2F483DB8652F929D663181" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID77B1E5DEE6954D438C61273C7FE3F6BF"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Unassigned
beneficiaries premium</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID65499D8B3FAA4CFAAE039191699F0043"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Plan years
ending on or before September 30, 2006</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For plan years ending on or before
September 30, 2006, the unassigned beneficiaries premium for any assigned
operator shall be equal to the applicable percentage of the product of the per
beneficiary premium for the plan year multiplied by the number of eligible
beneficiaries who are not assigned under section 9706 to any person for such
plan year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID204E47C44BC84198BA94B44DBBFA1325"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Plan years
beginning on or after October 1, 2006</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id06E05C84D898445E92FD50CC7A9FBCE2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For plan years
beginning on or after October 1, 2006, subject to subparagraph (B), there shall
be no unassigned beneficiaries premium, and benefit costs with respect to
eligible beneficiaries who are not assigned under section 9706 to any person
for any such plan year shall be paid from amounts transferred under section
9705(b).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id71D2FD87A80946F681CDFD3F51523602"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inadequate
transfers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If, for any plan
year beginning on or after October 1, 2006, the amounts transferred under
section 9705(b) are less than the amounts required to be transferred to the
Combined Fund under section 402(h)(2)(A) of the Surface Mining Control and
Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1232(h)(2)(A)) or paragraphs (1) and (2) of
section 35(c) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191(c) (1) and (2)), then
the unassigned beneficiaries premium for any assigned operator shall be equal
to the operator's applicable percentage of the amount required to be so
transferred which was not so
transferred.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block></after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6FD1C8B52620416BB15CBB89E82D78D2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Premium
accounts</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2040CD562DFD4249A165B7B971B701F3"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Crediting of
accounts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 9704(e)(1)
of such Code (relating to premium accounts; adjustments) is amended by
inserting <quote>and amounts transferred under section 9705(b)</quote> after
<quote>premiums received</quote>.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id87A649F18A0342B785C48F9ABD12FC0C"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Surpluses
attributable to public funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 9704(e)(3)(A) of such Code is
amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: <quote>Amounts
credited to an account from amounts transferred under section 9705(b) shall not
be taken into account in determining whether there is a surplus in the account
for purposes of this paragraph.</quote></text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id089E647FF33F47C2B4FD8F6F35AEACC2"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Applicable
percentage</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 9704(f)(2)
of such Code (relating to annual adjustments) is amended by adding at the end
the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7045C756277F47D688B1234B688E69E9" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id44E8A5DD12A64A35BFF612B70539046E"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of plan years beginning on or
after October 1, 2007, the total number of assigned eligible beneficiaries
shall be reduced by the eligible beneficiaries whose assignments have been
revoked under section 9706(h).</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block></after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id78C7CFAE85A245F3A83D69956C7733AA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Assignments and
reassignment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 9706 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to assignment of eligible
beneficiaries) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1C96B633C39E4AF89E69FEAE16878DDE" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id33A689CF5FF54E3491D1B3939E123CE6"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Assignments as
of October 1, 2007</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6D99D5CAE648467D9F2016ABB907AFDF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to the
premium obligation set forth in paragraph (3), the Commissioner of Social
Security shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBEA0E7D727CA49D88BED1A6AB150FB88"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">revoke all assignments to persons other
than 1988 agreement operators for purposes of assessing premiums for plan years
beginning on and after October 1, 2007; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id57F4FCFD437B420EAA19523660BB0910"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make no further assignments to persons
other than 1988 agreement operators, except that no individual who becomes an
unassigned beneficiary by reason of subparagraph (A) may be assigned to a 1988
agreement operator.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCC48EDE5E5654651B403E910A2B44481"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reassignment
upon purchase</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This subsection
shall not be construed to prohibit the reassignment under subsection (b)(2) of
an eligible beneficiary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id952864FBC47846B7A35DD705752344AB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Liability of
persons during three fiscal years beginning on and after October 1,
2007</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of each of
the fiscal years beginning on October 1, 2007, 2008, and 2009, each person
other than a 1988 agreement operator shall pay to the Combined Fund the
following percentage of the amount of annual premiums that such person would
otherwise be required to pay under section 9704(a), determined on the basis of
assignments in effect without regard to the revocation of assignments under
paragraph (1)(A):</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id349D1A4D7FAD4BC6BAA1BE20957D8257"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the fiscal year beginning on October 1,
2007, 55 percent.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id07E09AEBD15B4A3293CF7A2B584329BF"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the fiscal year beginning on October 1,
2008, 40 percent.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3DAA267065214C03944A47C6329B05BE"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the fiscal year beginning on October 1,
2009, 15 percent.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block></after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6DA11211FBCE451DA48CB8ECA6DCE42C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by
this subsection shall apply to plan years of the Combined Fund beginning after
September 30, 2006.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id21013B99A23449B58A19433F56191DB7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>1992 UMWA
Benefit and other plans</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9DF061FB2102449CB0D7FAC4158E1F8F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Transfers to
plans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 9712(a) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to the establishment and coverage of
the 1992 UMWA Benefit Plan) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF734AF616D2B46A38CBAF7D30E4A28C2" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFF454763965C44E4A5ABFF35C7C08BC3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Transfers under
other Federal statutes</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFC29AE2E8D2740B0934FBAA3FFFB27F2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The 1992 UMWA Benefit
Plan shall include any amount transferred to the plan under section 402(h) of
the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1232(h)) and
section 35 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7A29B8AF479E4BE1922035FDA1924312"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any amount transferred
under subparagraph (A) for any fiscal year shall be used to provide the health
benefits described in subsection (c) with respect to any beneficiary for whom
no monthly per beneficiary premium is paid pursuant to paragraph (1)(A) or (3)
of subsection (d).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id73478649F65649A4B86DBF3CE843EDB5"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Special rule
for 1993 plan</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC33CBCA1535D45C9A7049589F5911F33"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The plan described in
section 402(h)(2)(C) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977
(30 U.S.C. 1232(h)(2)(C)) shall include any amount transferred to the plan
under section 402(h) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977
(30 U.S.C. 1232(h)) and section 35 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C.
191).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2D8DE3D0596140E6B11D64D7AE27E0BC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any amount transferred
under subparagraph (A) for any fiscal year shall be used to provide the health
benefits described in section 402(h)(2)(C)(i) of the Surface Mining Control and
Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1232(h)(2)(C)(i)) to individuals described
in section 402(h)(2)(C)(ii) of such Act (30 U.S.C.
1232(h)(2)(C)(ii))</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD838C7485B444178967853E253523C92"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Premium
adjustments</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3D21376B0E934A3587B37B1A23BE8020"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 9712(d)(1) of
such Code (relating to guarantee of benefits) is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3AFFB70D03D348478A6F127814C9B6FC" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDE5F951F6BB74F7F82659E009147F2C5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All 1988 last
signatory operators shall be responsible for financing the benefits described
in subsection (c) by meeting the following requirements in accordance with the
contribution requirements established in the 1992 UMWA Benefit Plan:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3D4D2255005B4E20A79278CDCE48B47D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The payment of a monthly per beneficiary
premium by each 1988 last signatory operator for each eligible beneficiary of
such operator who is described in subsection (b)(2) and who is receiving
benefits under the 1992 UMWA benefit plan.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id51D12307160E4B7E825BA5CA936FE147"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The provision of a security (in the form of
a bond, letter of credit, or cash escrow) in an amount equal to a portion of
the projected future cost to the 1992 UMWA Benefit Plan of providing health
benefits for eligible and potentially eligible beneficiaries attributable to
the 1988 last signatory operator.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC2CF5BD5EC844D2E9C02896604F0EAC3"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the amounts transferred under subsection
(a)(3) are less than the amounts required to be transferred to the 1992 UMWA
Benefit Plan under section 402(h)(2)(B) of the Surface Mining Control and
Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1232(h)(2)(B)) and section 35(c)(2) of the
Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191(c)(2)), the payment of an additional
backstop premium by each 1988 last signatory operator which is equal to such
operator's share of the amounts required to be so transferred but which were
not so transferred, determined on the basis of the number of eligible and
potentially eligible beneficiaries attributable to the
operator.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block></after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAD96CACD267E4AB084A70FD31C298969"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 9712(d) of
such Code is amended—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCD60951E689B49FF803747B6A9973DB2"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)(B), by striking
<quote>prefunding</quote> and inserting <quote>backstop</quote>, and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id15956CDB7A914516B07D41DBA60A5C4D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), by striking
<quote>paragraph (1)(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (1)
(A)</quote>.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEFCBE701E1044E3F9DB9553581938B66"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by
this paragraph shall apply to fiscal years beginning on or after October 1,
2010.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id17111C191D3F4E08BACCE10AAD8DF072" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>303.</enum><header>Other
provisions</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4083c18587a540b3addbe1438959f678"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Board of
trustees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 9702(b) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to board of trustees of the
Combined Fund) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6D4B1FD577454BA9806787996872BF03" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1c6d8cbb86d8454aba8b3d04953a5d7d"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Board of
trustees</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0d09cc35c0bf4427a7051e0fb79be453"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of
subsection (a), the board of trustees for the Combined Fund shall be appointed
as follows:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID566c10180eec49deb925e4a597ef93d6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">2 individuals who represent employers in
the coal mining industry shall be designated by the BCOA;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID639d42997b034723ba85371b1e15db19"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">2 individuals designated by the United Mine
Workers of America; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb91ac41700db41ae894e4242ac456bb5"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">3 individuals selected by the individuals
appointed under subparagraphs (A) and (B).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID39784bb21d3d4488bc0213b140661561"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Successor
trustees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any successor
trustee shall be appointed in the same manner as the trustee being succeeded.
The plan establishing the Combined Fund shall provide for the removal of
trustees.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3080799332ee476c97854a89ec3acf23"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Special
rule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the BCOA ceases to
exist, any trustee or successor under paragraph (1)(A) shall be designated by
the 3 employers who were members of the BCOA on the enactment date and who have
been assigned the greatest number of eligible beneficiaries under section
9706.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block></after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDef77d0b3d8a3498f8c69302e76709654"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Enforcement of
obligations</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1F5AC1AC8CFB4B30B16BA908F1FC8A10"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Failure to pay
premiums</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 9707(a) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB8F1BDD762A44C599D460296E7A905E1" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf206579083644ab89e3048c26fd0edcc"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Failures to
pay</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8cc3f5b04e0449bfa5544acc09b11faf"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Premiums for
eligible beneficiaries</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There
is hereby imposed a penalty on the failure of any assigned operator to pay any
premium required to be paid under section 9704 with respect to any eligible
beneficiary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0f4519b23c454334b4af88f61964d738"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contributions
required under the mining laws</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is hereby imposed a penalty on the
failure of any person to make a contribution required under section
402(h)(5)(B)(ii) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to a
plan referred to in section 402(h)(2)(C) of such Act. For purposes of applying
this section, each such required monthly contribution for the hours worked of
any individual shall be treated as if it were a premium required to be paid
under section 9704 with respect to an eligible
beneficiary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block></after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID292622bd76e0476f8eac1e479ae5b1fe"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Civil
enforcement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 9721 of
such Code is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id453FCB7E0F38456090016A4643A156E1" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1e240906b5eb413f89d98bef07dc2273" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>9721.</enum><header>Civil
enforcement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The provisions of
section 4301 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 shall
apply, in the same manner as any claim arising out of an obligation to pay
withdrawal liability under subtitle E of title IV of such Act, to any
claim—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe10522d45631467f86d7a0c5897ae3b5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">arising out of an obligation to pay any
amount required to be paid by this chapter; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4c38a4efc6ac4df1be0931f6013870b6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">arising out of an obligation to pay any
amount required by section 402(h)(5)(B)(ii) of the Surface Mining Control and
Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C.
1232(h)(5)(B)(ii)).</text>
</paragraph></section><after-quoted-block></after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section>