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                            FEBRUARY 26, 2014 

 
                     RULES COMMITTEE PRINT 113-41 

                  TEXT OF H.R. 2824, PREVENTING GOVERNMENT 
                   WASTE AND PROTECTING COAL MINING JOBS 
                   IN AMERICA 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the "Preventing Govern-

3 ment Waste and Protecting Coal Mining Jobs in Amer-

4 ica". 

5 SEC. 2. INCORPORATION OF SURFACE MINING STREAM 

6           BUFFER ZONE RULE INTO STATE PROGRAMS. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.-Section 503 of the Surface Min-

8 ing Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 

9 1253) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

10    "(e) STREAM BUFFER ZONE MANAGEMENT.--

11        "(1) IN GENERAL.-In addition to the require-

12 ments under subsection (a), each State program 

13 shall incorporate the necessary rule regarding excess 

14 spoil, coal mine waste, and buffers for perennial and 

15 intermittent streams published by the Office of Sur-

16 face Mining Reclamation and Enforcement on De-

17 cember 12,2008 (73 Fed. Reg. 75813 et seq.). 



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