Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act of 2019
Latest action · Sep 24, 2019 Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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.
- IntroducedSep 20, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act of 2019
This bill addresses bonding programs with regard to surface coal mining operations..
Specifically, the bill
- prohibits the Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation Enforcement (OSMRE) and state regulatory authorities from accepting new self-bonds for coal reclamation,
- requires any existing self-bonds or corporate bonds utilized for coal reclamation to be converted to surety or collateral bonds,
- authorizes the OSMRE to approve state or federal alternative coal mining bond programs that result in no greater risk of financial liability to the federal government than a surety or collateral bond program, and
- directs the OSMRE to issue rules establishing limitations on surety bonds to minimize the financial liability to the federal or state government.
Cosponsors 13
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 20, 2019 to Oct 11, 2019, with 6 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Original | Sep 20, 2019 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Sep 20, 2019 |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Original | Sep 20, 2019 |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Original | Sep 20, 2019 |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Original | Sep 20, 2019 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Sep 20, 2019 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Sep 24, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Sep 24, 2019 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Sep 24, 2019 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Sep 25, 2019 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Oct 4, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Oct 4, 2019 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Oct 11, 2019 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 24, 2019Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Sep 20, 2019Introduced in House
- Sep 20, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- Sep 20, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Coal
- Corporate finance and management
- Department of the Interior
- Environmental regulatory procedures
- Government liability
- Land use and conservation
- Mining
- Pollution liability
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Solid waste and recycling
- State and local government operations
- Wages and earnings
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 20, 2019Introduced in House
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