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1232(a)) (as amended by paragraph (1)) is amend-
ed— 
(A) by striking ‘‘31.5’’ and inserting ‘‘28’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘13.5’’ and inserting ‘‘12’’; 
and 
(C) by striking ‘‘9 cents’’ and inserting ‘‘8 
cents’’. 
(b) DURATION.—Effective September 30, 2007, sec-
tion 402(b) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclama-
tion Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1232(b)) (as amended by sec-
tion 7007 of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations 
Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Hurricane 
Recovery, 2006 (Public Law 109–234; 120 Stat. 484)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2007’’ and all that 
follows through the end of the sentence and inserting 
‘‘September 30, 2021.’’. 
(c) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Section 402(g) of the 
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 
U.S.C. 1232(g)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(D)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(except for grants award-
ed during fiscal years 2008, 2009, and 2010 to 
the extent not expended within 5 years)’’ after 
‘‘this paragraph’’; and 
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(B) by striking ‘‘in any area under para-
graph (2), (3), (4), or (5)’’ and inserting 
‘‘under paragraph (5)’’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting: 
‘‘(2) In making the grants referred to in paragraph 
(1)(C) and the grants referred to in paragraph (5), the 
Secretary shall ensure strict compliance by the States and 
Indian tribes with the priorities described in section 
403(a) until a certification is made under section 
411(a).’’; 
(3) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘paragraphs (2) and’’ and in-
serting ‘‘paragraph’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘401(c)(11)’’ and inserting ‘‘401(c)(9)’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(E) For the purpose of paragraph (8).’’; 
(4) in paragraph (5)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(5)’’; 
(B) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘40’’ 
and inserting ‘‘60’’; 
(C) in the last sentence, by striking 
‘‘Funds allocated or expended by the Secretary 
under paragraphs (2), (3), or (4)’’ and insert-
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ing ‘‘Funds made available under paragraph (3) 
or (4)’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) Any amount that is reallocated and available 
under section 411(h)(3) shall be in addition to amounts 
that are allocated under subparagraph (A).’’; and 
(5) by striking paragraphs (6) through (8) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(6)(A) Any State with an approved abandoned mine 
reclamation program pursuant to section 405 may receive 
and retain, without regard to the 3-year limitation re-
ferred to in paragraph (1)(D), up to 30 percent of the 
total of the grants made annually to the State under para-
graphs (1) and (5) if those amounts are deposited into 
an acid mine drainage abatement and treatment fund es-
tablished under State law, from which amounts (together 
with all interest earned on the amounts) are expended by 
the State for the abatement of the causes and the treat-
ment of the effects of acid mine drainage in a comprehen-
sive manner within qualified hydrologic units affected by 
coal mining practices. 
‘‘(B) In this paragraph, the term ‘qualified hydrologic 
unit’ means a hydrologic unit— 
‘‘(i) in which the water quality has been signifi-
cantly affected by acid mine drainage from coal min-
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ing practices in a manner that adversely impacts bi-
ological resources; and 
‘‘(ii) that contains land and water that are— 
‘‘(I) eligible pursuant to section 404 and 
include any of the priorities described in section 
403(a); and 
‘‘(II) the subject of expenditures by the 
State from the forfeiture of bonds required 
under section 509 or from other States sources 
to abate and treat acid mine drainage. 
‘‘(7) In complying with the priorities described in sec-
tion 403(a), any State or Indian tribe may use amounts 
available in grants made annually to the State or tribe 
under paragraphs (1) and (5) for the reclamation of eligi-
ble land and water described in section 403(a)(3) before 
the completion of reclamation projects under paragraphs 
(1) and (2) of section 403(a) only if the expenditure of 
funds for the reclamation is done in conjunction with the 
expenditure before, on, or after the date of enactment of 
the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act Amend-
ments of 2006 of funds for reclamation projects under 
paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 403(a). 
‘‘(8)(A) In making funds available under this title, 
the Secretary shall ensure that the grant awards total not 
less than $3,000,000 annually to each State and each In-
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dian tribe having an approved abandoned mine reclama-
tion program pursuant to section 405 and eligible land 
and water pursuant to section 404, so long as an alloca-
tion of funds to the State or tribe is necessary to achieve 
the priorities stated in paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 
403(a). 
‘‘(B) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this 
paragraph applies to the States of Tennessee and Mis-
souri.’’. 
(d) TRANSFERS OF INTEREST EARNED BY ABAN-
DONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND.—Section 402 of the 
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 
U.S.C. 1232) is amended by striking subsection (h) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(h) TRANSFERS OF INTEREST EARNED BY FUND.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(A) TRANSFERS TO COMBINED BENEFIT 
FUND.—As soon as practicable after the begin-
ning of fiscal year 2007 and each fiscal year 
thereafter, and before making any allocation 
with respect to the fiscal year under subsection 
(g), the Secretary shall use an amount not to 
exceed the amount of interest that the Sec-
retary estimates will be earned and paid to the 
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