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Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act Amendments of 2021

Introduced: March 10, 2021 See on congress.gov

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Nov 16, 2022

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 407.

Nov 16, 2022

Committee on the Budget discharged.

Nov 16, 2022

Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-566, Part I.

May 26, 2021

Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.

May 26, 2021

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

May 26, 2021

Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged.

Mar 18, 2021

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Mar 17, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

Mar 10, 2021

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.

Mar 10, 2021

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act Amendments of 2021

This bill reauthorizes the Department of the Interior to collect fees on the production of coal through FY2036, expands the eligible uses of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund, and revises requirements concerning the fund.

Under current law, operators of active coal mines must pay such fees through FY2021. Revenue from the fees are deposited into the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund, which is used for the reclamation of abandoned coal mines.

The bill authorizes 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. It also increases the minimum amount of funds from $3 million to $5 million that Interior must award to states and Indian tribes that have approved abandoned mine reclamation programs.

What's happening now November 16, 2022

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 407.

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