Community Reclamation Partnerships Act
Latest action · Apr 10, 2024 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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.
- IntroducedNov 6, 2023
- Passed HouseApr 9, 2024
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Community Reclamation Partnerships Act
This bill revises the Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Program, which restores land and water adversely impacted by surface coal mines that were abandoned before August 3, 1977.
Until September 30, 2030, the bill allows a state with an approved reclamation program to enter into a memorandum of understanding with relevant federal or state agencies for remediating mine drainage on abandoned mine land and water impacted by abandoned mines.
In addition, the bill authorizes a partnership between a state and a community reclaimer for remediating abandoned mine land if certain conditions are met. A community reclaimer is a person who (1) voluntarily assists a state in a reclamation project, (2) did not participate in the creation of site conditions at the proposed site or activities that caused any land or waters at the site to become eligible for reclamation or drainage abatement expenditures, and (3) is not subject to outstanding violations of surface coal mining permits.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 2
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 Nov 6, 2023Markup Dec 6, 2023Reported Apr 5, 2024 |
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Apr 10, 2024 |
Actions 12
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 10, 2024Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Apr 9, 2024Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Apr 9, 2024Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2189-2191)
- Apr 9, 2024DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6233.
- Apr 9, 2024Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2189-2190)
- Apr 9, 2024Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Apr 5, 2024Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-438.
- Apr 5, 2024Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 362.
- Dec 6, 2023Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Dec 6, 2023Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
- Nov 6, 2023Introduced in House
- Nov 6, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H2189–H2191Text printed H2189 | Bruce Westerman R-AR, Darin LaHood R-IL, Teresa Leger Fernandez D-NM | Apr 9, 2024 |
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 estimate
- Apr 3, 2024H.R. 6233, Community Reclamation Partnerships ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on December 6, 2023
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 183, November 6, 2023, page H5466.
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 authorize partnerships between States and nongovernmental entities for the purpose of reclaiming and restoring land and water resources adversely affected by coal mining activities before August 3, 1977, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Community Reclamation Partnerships Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Community Reclamation Partnerships Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Community Reclamation Partnerships Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Community Reclamation Partnerships Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 10, 2024Referred in Senate
- Apr 9, 2024Engrossed in House
- Apr 5, 2024Reported in House
- Nov 6, 2023Introduced 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.
