CARE Act
Latest action · Sep 29, 2010 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 389.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 8, 2010
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Coal Accountability and Retired Employee Act of 2010 or CARE Act - Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 with respect to transfers of interest earned by the Abandoned Mine Reclamation (AMR) Fund. Requires the transfer during any fiscal year to the trustees of the 1974 United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) Pension Plan, to be used solely to pay pension benefits under such plan, of certain excess funds remaining after: (1) transfer from the AMR Fund to the UMWA Combined Benefit Fund; and (2) application of the annual $490 million cap on such transfers.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 8, 2010 to Jul 15, 2010; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-VA | Rick Boucher | Original | Jun 8, 2010 |
| D-MP | Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan | Jun 16, 2010 | |
| D-PA | Mark S. Critz | Jul 1, 2010 | |
| D-OH | Zachary T. Space | Jul 15, 2010 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Jun 8, 2010Hearings Jun 23, 2010Markup Jul 22, 2010Reported Sep 29, 2010 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 29, 2010Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 111-651.
- Sep 29, 2010Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 389.
- Jul 22, 2010Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 22, 2010Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
- Jun 23, 2010Committee Hearings Held.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Sep 20, 2010H.R. 5479, Coal Accountability and Retired Employee Act of 2010<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 22, 2010</p>
- Sep 20, 2010H.R. 5479, Coal Accountability and Retired Employee Act of 2010Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 22, 2010
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 111-59 | H.R. 5479, COAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND RETIRED EMPLOYEE ACT OF 201029 pages | Natural Resources Committee | Jun 23, 2010 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to provide for use of excess funds available under that Act to provide for certain benefits, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Coal Accountability and Retired Employee Act of 2010
- CARE Act
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Coal Accountability and Retired Employee Act of 2010
- CARE Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 29, 2010Reported in House
- Jun 8, 2010Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
