[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3739 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3739

  To amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to 
 terminate payments to States certified under that Act, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 20, 2011

 Mr. Fitzpatrick introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                   the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to 
 terminate payments to States certified under that Act, and for other 
                               purposes.

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

SECTION 1. TERMINATION OF PAYMENTS TO STATES CERTIFIED UNDER SURFACE 
              MINING CONTROL AND RECLAMATION ACT 0F 1977.

    (a) Termination of Payments.--Section 411(h)(2) of the Surface 
Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1240a(h)(2)) is 
amended to read as follows:
            ``(2) Limitation.--No payment shall be made under this 
        subsection to a State or Indian tribe for which a certification 
        is made under subsection (a) in which the Secretary concurs.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Such Act is further amended--
            (1) in section 402(i)(2) (30 U.S.C. 1232(i)(2)), by 
        striking ``paragraphs (1)(A) and (2)(A)'' and inserting 
        ``paragraph (1)(A)''; and
            (2) by amending section 411(h)(1)(D) (30 U.S.C. 
        1240a(h)(1)(D)) to read as follows:
                    ``(D) Use of funds.--A State or Indian tribe shall 
                use any amounts provided under this paragraph for the 
                purposes described in section 403.''.
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