Table 9 – Summary Status of Abandoned Mine Reclamation Funding Since 1978

(Dollars in Thousands)

Fiscal 

Year

Receipt 

Amount

Interest 

Earned

Cumulative 

Income

Amount 

Appropriated 

from

AML Fund Footnote

Appropriations 

from

Other Sources

Transfer 

To 

UMWAF

Health 

Benefit 

Plans

Cumulative 

Appropriated 

Balance

Cumulative 

Unappropriated 

AML Fund 

Balance

1978-

99

4,984,248 472,032 5,456,282 3,819,485 /1, /2, /3 17,363 192,886 4,012,370 1,443,912

2000 274,297 94,369 5,824,949 195,873 /4 108,960 4,317,203 1,507,745

2001 284,044 103,496 6,212,489 215,038 /5 182,019 4,714,260 1,498,228

2002 287,066 43,278 6,542,833 203,455 /6 90,179 5,007,894 1,534,939

2003 282,555 23,620 6,849,007 190,499 /7 89,858 5,288,251 1,560,756

2004 287,023 45,695 7,181,725 190,591 14,967 5,493,809 1,687,916

2005 293,604 75,017 7,550,347 188,206 66,533 5,748,548 1,801,798

2006 302,992 95,687 7,949,025 185,248 59,004 5,992,800 1,956,225

2007 304,880 105,818 8,359,723 185,393 114,329 6,292,522 2,067,201

2008 286,272 83,764 8,729,759 139,334 /8 100,394 6,532,251 2,197,508

2009 272,764 55,465 9,057,988 142,977 /9 61,224 6,736,452 2,321,536

2010 251,784 55,193 9,364,964 177,502 /10 63,926 6,977,881 2,387,083

2011 259,935 54,881 9,679,781 185,649 /11 57,246 7,220,777 2,459,004

2012 249,725 54,789 9,984,295 247,595 /12 48,430 7,516,802 2,467,493

2013 213,675 36,634 10,234,603 237,544 /13 54,789 7,809,135 2,425,468

2014 202,872 34,928 10,472,403 206,726 /14 12,359 8,028,220 2,444,183

2015 197,973 29,426 10,699,802 208,403 /15 31,803 8,268,426 2,431,376

2016 158,807 32,175 10,890,784 202,356 /16 29,109 8,499,891 2,390,893

2017 159,499 33,922 11,084,205 171,873 /17 32,140 8,703,904 2,380,301

2018 155,475 49,236 11,288,916 232,436 /18 46,257 8,982,597 2,306,318

2019 147,436 59,335 11,495,687 225,420 /19 54,321 9,262,338 2,233,349

2020 123,261 55,436 11,674,384 161,376 /20 37,132 9,460,846 2,213,538

2021 112,379 24,316 11,811,079 146,303 /21 29,220 9,636,369 2,174,710

2022 101,074 98,245 12,010,398 143,148 /22 19,404 9,798,921 2,211,477

2023 95,089 575,263 12,535.970 131,494 /23 334,994 10,130,083 2,292,199

2024 93,183 504,893 12,839,620 133,300 /24 361,605 10,224,121 2,545,865

/1 FY 1988 total does not include $7M transferred into the fund by supplemental authority, which does not affect the Unappropriated 

Balance.

/2 FY 1994 total includes $7.2M transferred into the fund by supplemental authority, which does not affect the Unappropriated 

Balance.

/3 FY 1998 total does not include $3.2M transferred into the fund by supplemental authority, which does not affect the 

Unappropriated Balance.

/4 FY 2000 total includes one-time $68M emergency appropriation, as well as the annual appropriation of $41M.

/5 FY 2001 total includes annual amount of $102.9M, as well as $81.6M of the one-time $96.7M mandated under PL 106-291.

/6 FY 2002 total includes annual amount of $113.6M, less $23.4M returned by UMWACBF trustees mandated under PL 106-291.

/7 FY 2003 total includes annual amount of $56M as well as $33.8M mandated under PL108-7.

/8-/23 FY 2008-FY 2023 total includes annual appropriated and mandated amounts under PL 109-432.

/24 FY 2024 totals are estimates

Table 8 Notes:

• Annual figures for FY 1978-1999 are displayed in the FY 2015 Budget Justification, Table 9. 

• FY 2024 figures on this table are estimates. Projected interest is based on known investments earnings that will

be paid out in FY 2024. 

• AML Fund balances in this table are as of September 30, 2023, and do not include the last two months of the

AML fee collection cycle (i.e., October 1- November 30). The annual AML Grant distribution tables, published

separately, will show AML Fund balances that will include the collection of AML fees, interest earned, and

transactions through November 30, 2023. Payments to the UMWA that occur during this two-month period,
accounts for the variation in the AML Fund balances shown in Table 8, and the annual AML Grant distribution

table.

• The AML Fund experiences a spike in fee collections during the final two months of the collection

cycle. Although the billing cycle for coal produced ends on September 30th each fiscal year, OSMRE allows an

extra two months for operators to make payments into the AML Fund. This additional collection time, along with

interest creates the difference between the two reports.. As such, the FY 2023 AML Grant Distribution reports

will vary slightly and include the amounts collected and interest earned in the AML Fund as of November 30,

2023, rather than the Federal fiscal year end of September 30, 2023.

• Sequestered funds are included in the annual amounts appropriated from the AML fund and not part of the

unappropriated balance. AML Funds sequestered pursuant to 2 USC 901(a) remain unavailable for distribution

and the statute requires those funds be accounted for in a separate account.