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Union Calendar No. 407 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1734 
[Report No. 117–566, Part I] 
To amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to 
allow the Secretary of the Interior to delegate certain emergency reclama-
tion activities to the States and Tribes, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 10, 2021 
Mr. CARTWRIGHT (for himself, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. MEUSER, 
Mr. LAMB, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsyl-
vania, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. MULLIN, Ms. HOULAHAN, Mr. GRIJALVA, 
Mr. HUFFMAN, and Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania) introduced the following 
bill; which was 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 provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
NOVEMBER 16, 2022 
Additional sponsors: Ms. PORTER, Ms. WILD, Mr. COHEN, Ms. NORTON, Mr. 
FITZPATRICK, 
Mr. 
YARMUTH, 
Mrs. 
NAPOLITANO, 
Ms. 
LEGER 
FERNANDEZ, Ms. SEWELL, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. TONKO, Mr. MICHAEL F. 
DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Ms. SPANBERGER, Ms. DEAN, Ms. SCANLON, 
Mrs. LURIA, Mr. POCAN, Mr. COOPER, Mr. MCEACHIN, and Ms. 
BONAMICI 
NOVEMBER 16, 2022 
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources 
NOVEMBER 16, 2022 
Committee on the Budget discharged; committed to the Committee of the 
Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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A BILL 
To amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act 
of 1977 to allow the Secretary of the Interior to delegate 
certain emergency reclamation activities to the States 
and Tribes, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Surface Mining Con-
trol and Reclamation Act Amendments of 2021’’. 
SEC. 2. ABANDONED MINE LAND RECLAMATION FUND. 
Section 401(f)(2) of the Surface Mining Control and 
Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1231(f)(2)) is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘2022’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2037’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘2022’’ and substituting 
‘‘2037’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B)— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘2023’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2038’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘2023’’ and substituting 
‘‘2038’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘2022’’ and inserting 
‘‘2037’’. 
SEC. 3. EMERGENCY POWERS. 
(a) 
STATE
RECLAMATION
PROGRAM.—Section 
405(d) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation 
Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1235(d)) is amended by striking 
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‘‘sections 402 and 410 excepted’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
402 excepted’’. 
(b) DELEGATION.—Section 410 of the Surface Min-
ing Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 
1240) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘, including 
through reimbursement to a State or Tribal Govern-
ment described in subsection (c),’’ after ‘‘moneys’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) STATE OR TRIBAL GOVERNMENT.—A State or 
Tribal Government is eligible to receive reimbursement 
from the Secretary under subsection (a) if such State or 
Tribal Government has submitted, and the Secretary has 
approved, an Abandoned Mine Land Emergency Program 
as part of an approved State or Tribal Reclamation Plan 
under section 405.’’. 
SEC. 4. RECLAMATION FEE. 
(a) DURATION.—Effective 90 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, section 402(b) of the Surface Min-
ing Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 
1232(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2021’’ 
and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2036’’. 
(b) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Effective September 
30, 2021, section 402(g) of the Surface Mining Control 
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and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1232(g)) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (6)(A), by striking ‘‘para-
graphs (1) and (5)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (1), 
(5), and (8)’’; 
(2) 
in 
paragraph 
(8)(A), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$3,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$5,000,000’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(9) From amounts withheld pursuant to the 
Budget Control Act of 2011 from payments to 
States and Indian Tribes under this subsection and 
section 411(h) of the Surface Mining Control and 
Reclamation Act during fiscal years 2013 through 
2021, the Secretary shall distribute for fiscal year 
2022 an amount to each State and Indian Tribe 
equal to the total amount withheld.’’. 
SEC. 5. EXEMPT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES. 
Section 255(g)(1)(A) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act (2 U.S.C. 905(g)(1)(A)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Payments 
to States and Indian Tribes from the Abandoned Mine 
Reclamation Fund and payments to States and Indian 
Tribes under section 402(i)(2) of the Surface Mining Con-
trol 
and 
Reclamation 
Act 
of 
1977 
(30 
U.S.C. 
1232(i)(2)).’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 407 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1734 
[Report No. 117–566, Part I] 
A BILL 
To amend the Surface Mining Control and Rec-
lamation Act of 1977 to allow the Secretary of 
the Interior to delegate certain emergency rec-
lamation activities to the States and Tribes, and 
for other purposes. 
NOVEMBER 16, 2022 
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources 
NOVEMBER 16, 2022 
Committee on the Budget discharged; committed to the 
Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 
Union and ordered to be printed 
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