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A bill to amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to clarify that uncertified States and Indian tribes have the authority to use certain payments for certain noncoal reclamation…

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A bill to amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to clarify that uncertified States and Indian tribes have the authority to use certain payments for certain noncoal reclamation projects and acid mine remediation programs.

Introduced: February 4, 2013 See on congress.gov
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Became law
Apr 22, 2013
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 51.
Apr 22, 2013
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Wyden without amendment. With written report No. 113-20.
Mar 14, 2013
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Feb 4, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Feb 4, 2013
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, with respect to the allocation of surface mining reclamation funds to states and Indian tribes, to authorize uncertified states and Indian tribes to use certain unexpended and unappropriated balance amounts for: (1) acid mine drainage abatement and treatment, and (2) noncoal abandoned mine land reclamation.

Modifies limitations placed upon the allocation of such surface mining reclamation funds to provide for payments for filling voids and sealing tunnels and entryways of noncoal mines as well as coal mines.

("Uncertified states and Indian tribes" are those which have not certified completion of their abandoned coal mine reclamation work to the Secretary of the Interior.)

What's happening now April 22, 2013

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 51.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Bennet, Michael F.
Colorado · Feb 4, 2013
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Heinrich, Martin
New Mexico · Feb 4, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 222: A bill to amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to clarify that uncertified States and Indian tribes have the authority to use certain payments for certain noncoal reclamation projects and acid mine remediation programs.. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-222/
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"S. 222: A bill to amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to clarify that uncertified States and Indian tribes have the authority to use certain payments for certain noncoal reclamation projects and acid mine remediation programs.." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-222/.
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S. 222, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-222/.
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