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Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act Amendments of 2021

Introduced: August 20, 2021 See on congress.gov
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Nov 16, 2022
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-566, Part I.
Nov 16, 2022
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 407.
Nov 16, 2022
Committee on the Budget discharged.
May 26, 2021
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May 26, 2021
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
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
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 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.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1447 Related bill Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Fee Extension Act
 Bill text 2 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 26
All 26 Democratic 13 Republican 5
D
Bonamici, Suzanne
Oregon · Sep 17, 2021
McEachin, A.
· Aug 23, 2021
COOPER, JAMES
· Aug 20, 2021
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Aug 13, 2021
Luria, Elaine
· Jul 26, 2021
 D
Scanlon, Mary Gay
Pennsylvania · Jul 19, 2021
 D
Dean, Madeleine
Pennsylvania · Jul 9, 2021
Spanberger, Abigail
· Jul 9, 2021
DOYLE, MIKE
· Jul 6, 2021
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Jun 28, 2021
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Jun 24, 2021
 D
Sewell, Terri A.
Alabama · Jun 11, 2021
 D
Leger Fernandez, Teresa
New Mexico · Apr 20, 2021
Yarmuth, John
· Apr 5, 2021
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Apr 1, 2021
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Mar 26, 2021
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 26, 2021
 D
Boyle, Brendan F.
Pennsylvania · Mar 10, 2021
 D
Houlahan, Chrissy
Pennsylvania · Mar 10, 2021
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Mar 10, 2021
 R
Kelly, Mike
Pennsylvania · Mar 10, 2021
Lamb, Conor
· Mar 10, 2021
Lowenthal, Alan
· Mar 10, 2021
 R
Meuser, Daniel
Pennsylvania · Mar 10, 2021
 R
Reschenthaler, Guy
Pennsylvania · Mar 10, 2021
 R
Thompson, Glenn
Pennsylvania · Mar 10, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1734: Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act Amendments of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1734/
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"H.R. 1734: Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act Amendments of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1734/.
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