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.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, 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., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Government Operations, Energy.
Who Benefits and How
environmental regulators and natural-resource users may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H212F38CB64634068B500CC3F20975CCF: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Community Reclamation Partnerships Act.
- Section H0F3BDA26C26B4A17B4E0720E990BCC02: 2. Reference Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in this Act an amendment is expressed in terms of an amendment to a provision, the reference...
- Section H82C617D209474BB7A1F365EE8B560579: 3. State memoranda of understanding for certain remediation Section 405 (30 U.S.C. 1235) is amended by inserting after subsection (l) the following: (m)State...
- Section H8181EB6133134167931273B86A08609E: 4. Clarifying State liability for mine drainage projects Section 413(d) (30 U.S.C. 1242(d)) is amended by inserting unless such control or treatment will be...
- Section H269F812223A4424498E1FA400AC52752: 5. Conforming amendments Section 405(f) (30 U.S.C. 1235(f)) is amended— by striking the and after the semicolon in paragraph (6); by striking the period at the...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, 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., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Key Policy Areas
Environment, Government Operations, Energy
Primary Purpose
This bill, 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., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReceived; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy …
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the …
Mr. LaHood introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → The Secretary identified in the operative section
- "administrator_of_epa"
- → Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
any person who— seeks to voluntarily assist a State with a reclamation project under this section, which may include companies that currently hold reclamation liability elsewhere from the proposed site or active mine sites that require a performance bond
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