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tutional as applied to the operator; 
and 
‘‘(ii) on or before September 7, 2000, 
the signatory operator (or any related per-
son to the operator) had paid to the Com-
bined Fund any premium amount that had 
not been refunded. 
‘‘(2) PAYMENTS
TO
STATES
AND
INDIAN 
TRIBES.—Subject to paragraph (3), out of any funds 
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall transfer to the Sec-
retary of the Interior for distribution to States and 
Indian tribes such sums as are necessary to pay 
amounts described in paragraphs (1)(A) and (2)(A) 
of section 411(h). 
‘‘(3) LIMITATIONS.—
‘‘(A) CAP.—The total amount transferred 
under this subsection for any fiscal year shall 
not exceed $490,000,000. 
‘‘(B) INSUFFICIENT AMOUNTS.—In a case 
in which the amount required to be transferred 
without regard to this paragraph exceeds the 
maximum annual limitation in subparagraph 
(A), the Secretary shall adjust the transfers of 
funds so that—
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‘‘(i) each transfer for the fiscal year is 
a percentage of the amount described; 
‘‘(ii) the amount is determined with-
out regard to subsection (h)(5)(A); and 
‘‘(iii) the percentage transferred is the 
same for all transfers made under this sub-
section for the fiscal year. 
‘‘(4) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds shall be 
transferred under paragraph (1) and (2) beginning 
in fiscal year 2008 and each fiscal year thereafter, 
and shall remain available until expended.’’. 
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:
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‘‘(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, 
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’’;
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(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’’. 
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