Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act
Latest action · Jun 9, 2022 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.
- IntroducedApr 14, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act of 2021
This bill prohibits self-bonding practices for coal reclamation, establishes limits on bonding practices associated with surface coal mining operations, and establishes requirements for coal mining operations to provide sufficient financial resources to complete mine reclamation.
Currently, self-bonding practices allow coal mining operations to demonstrate that they have sufficient corporate assets to complete reclamation, without requiring cash or collateral up-front as in the case of surety or collateral bonds. The bill prohibits the Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation Enforcement (OSMRE) and state regulatory authorities from accepting new self-bonds for coal reclamation.
In addition, the bill requires any existing self-bonds or corporate bonds utilized for coal reclamation to be converted to surety or collateral bonds. The OSMRE must issue rules establishing limitations on surety bonds to minimize the financial liability to the federal or state government. The OSMRE may 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.
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 14, 2021 to Jun 13, 2022, with 10 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Original | Apr 14, 2021 |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Original | Apr 14, 2021 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Apr 14, 2021 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Apr 14, 2021 |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Original | Apr 14, 2021 |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Original | Apr 14, 2021 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Apr 14, 2021 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Apr 14, 2021 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Original | Apr 14, 2021 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Apr 14, 2021 |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Jun 13, 2022 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 9, 2022Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Jun 8, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
- Apr 14, 2021Introduced in House
- Apr 14, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Natural 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.
- Apr 14, 2021Introduced in House
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