SURFACE MINING CONTROL AND RECLAMATION ACT

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of the Interior: limit authority to issue regulations before a certain date under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (see H.R. 3409), H7577 [14NO]

Mining and mineral resources: authorize certified States and tribes to use Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund amounts for certain reclamation projects and extend certain mine reclamation liability protections (see S. 1455), S5191 [1AU]

———clarify that uncertified States and Indian tribes have authority to use certain payments for certain noncoal reclamation projects (see H.R. 785), H1177 (see H.R. 785), H1197 [17FE]

———clarify that uncertified States and Indian tribes have authority to use certain payments for certain noncoal reclamation projects and acid mine remediation programs (see S. 897), S2731 [5MY]

———limit liability of a State performing reclamation work under an approved State abandoned mine reclamation plan (see S. 1003), S2992 [16MY]

———transfer excess funds from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund to the United Mine Workers of America pension plan (see S. 621), S1826 [17MR] (see H.R. 1365), H2326 [5AP]

States: terminate payments to certified States (see H.R. 3739), H10013 [20DE]

Remarks in House

Dept. of the Interior: limit authority to issue regulations before a certain date under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (H.R. 3409), H7641 [16NO]

Mining and mineral resources: authorize certified States and tribes to use Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund amounts for certain reclamation projects and extend certain mine reclamation liability protections, E2325 [20DE]

Remarks in Senate

Mining and mineral resources: clarify that uncertified States and Indian tribes have authority to use certain payments for certain noncoal reclamation projects and acid mine remediation programs (S. 897), S2737 [5MY], S7091 [2NO]

Reports filed

Clarify That Uncertified States and Indian Tribes Have Authority To Use Payments for Noncoal Reclamation Projects and Acid Mine Remediation Programs: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 897) (S. Rept. 112-63), S5338 [6SE]

Texts of

S. 897, clarify that uncertified States and Indian tribes have authority to use certain payments for certain noncoal reclamation projects and acid mine remediation programs, S2737 [5MY], S7092 [2NO]