A bill to amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to clarify that uncertified States and Indian tribes have the authority to use certain payments for certain noncoal reclamation projects and acid mine remediation programs; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

S. 897 — A bill to amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to clarify that uncertified States and Indian tribes have the authority to use certain payments for certain noncoal reclamation projects and acid mine remediation programs; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, and Mr. Lee), S2731 [5MY]

Text, S2737 [5MY], S7092 [2NO]

Reported (S. Rept. 112–63), S5338 [6SE]

Passed Senate, S7091 [2NO]

Message from the Senate, H7273 [3NO]

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, H7328 [3NO]