[History of Bills, Volume 143 (1997)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
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H. Con. Res. 119--Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the
Congress that the health, safety and general welfare of the
residents of the Nation's coalfields should continue to be
enhanced by the implementation of the Surface Mining Control and
Reclamation Act of 1977 by State and Federal regulatory
authorities, and that Congress hereby reaffirms the goals of the
Act on its 20th anniversary, August 3, 1997; to the Committee on
Resources.
By Mr. RAHALL (for himself, Mr. Miller of California, Mr. Vento, Mr.
Romero-Barcelo, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mr. DeFazio, Mr.
Abercrombie, Mr. Pickett, Mr. Ortiz, Ms. Christian-Green, Mr.
Faleomavaega, and Mr. Hinchey), H5664 [23JY]