S 1447
117th Congress
Senate
Environmental Protection
Coal
Government trust funds
Land use and conservation
Mining
Solid waste and recycling
User charges and fees
Water quality
Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Fee Extension Act
Introduced: April 29, 2021
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Apr 29, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Apr 29, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Fee Extension Act
This bill extends through FY2036 the reclamation fee that each operator of a coal mining operation must pay to the Department of the Interior for the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund.
Under the existing Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Program, Interior collects a fee from coal mining companies for each ton of coal produced. The fees are deposited into the fund, which may be used to address hazards to public health, safety, and the environment from coal mining sites that were abandoned or unreclaimed as of August 3, 1977. Interior's authority to collect the fee expires on September 30, 2021.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Committees of jurisdiction
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