[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 195 (Thursday, December 15, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S7268]
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SAFEGUARDING TREATMENT FOR THE RESTORATION OF ECOSYSTEMS FROM ABANDONED 
                               MINES ACT

  Mr. KING. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Energy and Natural Resources be discharged from further 
consideration of S. 3957, and the Senate proceed to its immediate 
consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 3957) to amend the Infrastructure Investment and 
     Jobs Act to make certain activities eligible for grants from 
     the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund, and for other purposes.

  There being no objection, the committee was discharged, and the 
Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. KING. I ask unanimous consent that the Barrasso substitute 
amendment at the desk be considered and agreed to, and the bill, as 
amended, be considered read a third time.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 6542), in the nature of a substitute, was agreed 
to as follows:

                (Purpose: In the nature of a substitute)

        Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Safeguarding Treatment for 
     the Restoration of Ecosystems from Abandoned Mines Act'' or 
     the ``STREAM Act''.

     SEC. 2. LONG-TERM ABANDONED MINE LAND RECLAMATION.

       Section 40701(c) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs 
     Act (30 U.S.C. 1231a(c)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``Grants under'' and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
     grants under''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(2) Long-term abandoned mine land reclamation.--
       ``(A) In general.--Not more than 30 percent of the total 
     amount of a grant made annually under subsection (b)(1) may 
     be retained by the recipient of the grant if those amounts 
     are deposited into a long-term abandoned mine land 
     reclamation fund established under State law, from which 
     amounts (together with all interest earned on the amounts) 
     are expended by the State or Indian Tribe, as applicable, 
     for--
       ``(i) the abatement of the causes and the treatment of the 
     effects of acid mine drainage resulting from coal mining 
     practices, including for the costs of building, operating, 
     maintaining, and rehabilitating acid mine drainage treatment 
     systems;
       ``(ii) the prevention, abatement, and control of 
     subsidence; or
       ``(iii) the prevention, abatement, and control of coal mine 
     fires.
       ``(B) Reporting requirements.--Each recipient of a grant 
     under subsection (b)(1) that deposits grant amounts into a 
     long-term abandoned mine land reclamation fund under 
     subparagraph (A) shall--
       ``(i) offer amendments to the inventory maintained under 
     section 403(c) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation 
     Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1233(c)) to reflect the use of the 
     amounts for--

       ``(I) acid mine drainage abatement and treatment;
       ``(II) subsidence prevention, abatement, and control; and
       ``(III) coal mine fire prevention, abatement, and control; 
     and

       ``(ii) include in the annual grant report of the recipient 
     information on the status and balance of amounts in the long-
     term abandoned mine land reclamation fund.
       ``(C) Term.--Amounts retained under subparagraph (A) shall 
     not be subject to--
       ``(i) subsection (d)(4)(B); or
       ``(ii) any other limitation on the length of the term of an 
     annual grant under subsection (b)(1).''.
  The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading and was read 
the third time.
  Mr. KING. I know of no further debate on the bill, as amended.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate on the bill?
  Hearing none, the bill having been read the third time, the question 
is, Shall the bill pass?
  The bill (S. 3957), as amended, was passed.
  Mr. KING. I ask unanimous consent that the motion to reconsider be 
considered made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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