[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[S. 2475 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2475

  To amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to 
      provide an exception for certain States with respect to the 
   distribution of amounts by the Secretary of the Interior from the 
                    Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 13, 2007

Mr. Roberts (for himself, Mr. Brownback, and Mr. Inhofe) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                      Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to 
      provide an exception for certain States with respect to the 
   distribution of amounts by the Secretary of the Interior from the 
                    Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund.

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

SECTION 1. GENERAL LIMITATION ON OBLIGATION AUTHORITY.

    Section 401(f)(5) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act 
of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1231(f)(5)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B), in the matter preceding clause 
        (i), by striking ``Notwithstanding paragraph'' and inserting 
        ``Subject to subparagraph (C) and notwithstanding paragraph''; 
        and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) Minimum program states.--Subparagraph (B) 
                shall not apply to any State described in section 
                402(g)(8)(A).''.
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