Union Chapel Fossil Footprint Site Preservation Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to accept, if willingly donated by the New Acton Coal Mining Company, Inc., Cordova, Alabama, the Union Chapel Paleozoic Footprint Preserve, Union Chapel, Alabama, in order to preserve and protect certain rare paleontological resources. Declares that the requirements of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 shall not apply to the New Acton Mining Company, Inc. regarding further reclamation of the Preserve. Permits the return to the New Acton Coal Mining Company, Inc., of all funds held in escrow pending further reclamation of the Union Chapel Mine by the Director of the Surface Coal Mining Commission of the State of Alabama.
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Jun 24, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.