A bill to exclude the receipts and disbursements of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund from the budget of the United States Government, and for other purposes.

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S 1908

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Feb 4, 2002

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Read twice and referred jointly to the Committees on the Budget; Governmental Affairs pursuant to the order August 4, 19 ...

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Appropriations Coal Commerce Congress Congressional budget Economics and Public Finance Energy Government trust funds Off-budget expenditures Public Lands and Natural Resources Reclamation of land Strip mining

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Excludes receipts and disbursements of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund from the Federal budget as submitted by the President, the congressional budget, or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to provide that moneys in the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund at the end of any fiscal year shall be available without further appropriation at the commencement of the next fiscal year for reclamation and restoration of land and water resources adversely affected by past coal mining.

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Feb 4, 2002

Read twice and referred jointly to the Committees on the Budget; Governmental Affairs pursuant to the order August 4, 1977, with instructions that if one Committee reports, the other Committee have thirty days to report or be discharged. (text of measure as introduced: CR S287)
Feb 4, 2002

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