SURFACE MINING CONTROL AND RECLAMATION ACT

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of the Interior: incorporate surface mining stream buffer zone rule into State programs (see H.R. 2824), H5087 [25JY]

——— limit authority to issue regulations before a certain date under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (see S. 831), S3029 [25AP]

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 (see S. 222), S469 [4FE] (see H.R. 488), H342 [4FE]

——— protect health care and pension benefits of miners (see S. 468), S1229 [6MR] (see H.R. 980), H1318 [6MR]

——— protect health care benefits of miners (see H.R. 2627), H4213 [8JY]

——— transfer certain funds to the Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan and the United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan (see H.R. 2918), H5342 [1AU]

Remarks in House

Dept. of the Interior: limit authority to issue regulations before a certain date under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act, H2110 [17AP]

Remarks in Senate

Mining and mineral resources: protect health care and pension benefits of miners (S. 468), S1230 [6MR]

Reports filed

Clarify That Uncertified States and Indian Tribes Have Authority To Use Certain Payments for Noncoal Reclamation Projects and Acid Mine Remediation Programs: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 222) (S. Rept. 113–20), S2844 [22AP]