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SEC. 313. OBJECTIVES OF FUND. 
Section 403 of the Surface Mining Control and Rec-
lamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1233) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘(1) the protection’’ 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1)(A) the protection;’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A) (as des-
ignated by clause (i)), by striking ‘‘general 
welfare,’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(B) the restoration of land and water re-
sources and the environment that— 
‘‘(i) have been degraded by the adverse ef-
fects of coal mining practices; and 
‘‘(ii) are adjacent to a site that has been 
or will be remediated under subparagraph 
(A);’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘(2) the protection’’ 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2)(A) the protection’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A) (as des-
ignated by clause (i), by striking ‘‘health, 
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safety, and general welfare’’ and inserting 
‘‘health and safety’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(B) the restoration of land and water re-
sources and the environment that— 
‘‘(i) have been degraded by the adverse ef-
fects of coal mining practices; and 
‘‘(ii) are adjacent to a site that has been 
or will be remediated under subparagraph (A); 
and’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking the semi-
colon at the end and inserting a period; and 
(D) by striking paragraphs (4) and (5); 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking the subsection heading and 
inserting ‘‘WATER SUPPLY RESTORATION.—’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘up to 
30 percent of the’’; and 
(3) in the second sentence of subsection (c), by 
inserting ‘‘, subject to the approval of the Sec-
retary,’’ after ‘‘amendments’’. 
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SEC. 314. RECLAMATION OF RURAL LAND. 
(a) ADMINISTRATION.—Section 406(h) of the Sur-
face Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 
U.S.C. 1236(h)) is amended by striking ‘‘Soil Conserva-
tion Service’’ and inserting ‘‘Natural Resources Conserva-
tion Service’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR CAR-
RYING OUT RURAL LAND RECLAMATION.—Section 406 of 
the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 
(30 U.S.C. 1236) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(i) There are authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretary of Agriculture, from amounts in the Treasury 
other than amounts in the fund, such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out this section.’’. 
SEC. 315. LIENS. 
Section 408(a) of the Surface Mining Control and 
Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1238) is amended 
in the last sentence by striking ‘‘who owned the surface 
prior to May 2, 1977, and’’. 
SEC. 316. CERTIFICATION. 
Section 411 of the Surface Mining Control and Rec-
lamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1240a) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before the first sen-
tence; and 
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