Congress 116 - HR 4248 - Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act Amendments of 2019

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Coal Environmental health Government trust funds Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Indian lands and resources rights Land use and conservation Mining Pollution liability Public Lands and Natural Resources Solid waste and recycling State and local finance User charges and fees Water quality

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Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act Amendments of 2019

This bill reauthorizes the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund fees and expands the payments from the fund for abandoned coal mine cleanups.

Specifically, the bill

authorizes the Department of the Interior to reimburse states and tribal governments from the fund for the emergency restoration, reclamation, abatement, control, or prevention of adverse effects of coal mining practices;
extends the authority for Interior to collect reclamation fees through FY2036;
increases from $3 million to $5 million the minimum amount of funds that Interior must award annually to certain states and Indian tribes that have an approved abandoned mine reclamation program; and
exempts certain payments from budget sequestration and requires Interior to disburse previously sequestered amounts to states and tribes.

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Dec 2, 2020

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 501.
Dec 2, 2020

Committee on the Budget discharged.
Dec 2, 2020

Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-609, Part I.
Jan 15, 2020

Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Jan 15, 2020

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jan 15, 2020

Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged.
Nov 14, 2019

Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Sep 12, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Sep 9, 2019

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 9, 2019

Introduced in House

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