Arctic Coastal Plain and Surface Mining Improvement Act

Bill: 108-hr-4549
Sponsor: Rep. Pombo, Richard W. [R-CA-11]
Introduced: 2004-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Agriculture and Food
Air pollution control
Air traffic
Airports
Alaska
Animal breeding
Animals
Archaeology
Arts, Culture, Religion
Authorization
Caribou
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Citizen participation
Coal
Commerce
Competitive bidding
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Construction workers
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Department of Agriculture
Department of the Interior
Drainage
Easements
Economics and Public Finance
Employee health benefits
Energy development
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Environmental monitoring
Environmental research
Explosives
Export controls
Federal aid to Indians
Federal aid to water pollution control
Federal aid to water resources development
Fees
Finance and Financial Sector
Fishes
Fishing
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Fuel storage
Gas industry
Gas pipelines
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government paperwork
Government trust funds
Grants-in-aid
Habitat conservation
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Health
History
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Indian claims
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Industrial pollution
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Insurance premiums
Interest
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
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Judicial review
Labor and Employment
Labor contracts
Land transfers
Land use
Landowners
Law
Liability (Law)
Liability for environmental damages
Licenses
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Medical economics
Mine wastes
Mine water
Miners
Mining engineering
Mining royalties
Minorities
Minority business enterprises
Minority employment
Native Americans
Natural areas
Natural gas
Oil and gas leases
Oil and gas royalties
Oil pollution
Oil well drilling
Petroleum
Petroleum engineering
Petroleum industry
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Planning
Prospecting
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Reclamation of land
Refuse and refuse disposal
Retiree health benefits
Revenue sharing
Right-of-way
Riparian ecology
Roads and highways
Sand and gravel industry
Science, Technology, Communications
Sediment control
Social Welfare
Soil conservation
Soil erosion
Solvents
Sports and Recreation
Standards
State laws
Strip mining
Subcontractors
Surety and fidelity
Tennessee
Trails
Transportation and Public Works
Trapping
Waste water treatment
Water Resources Development
Water conservation
Water pollution control
Water quality
Water supply
Wetlands
Wildlife conservation
Wildlife refuges

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-14
text: 
Arctic Coastal Plain and Surface Mining Improvement Act - Arctic Coastal Plain Domestic Energy Security Act of 2004 - Sets forth an oil and gas leasing exploration and production program within the Arctic Coastal Plain.
 
Amends the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980 to repeal its prohibition against production of oil and gas from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, including any leasing or development leading to such production.. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) designate a maximum total of Coastal Plain acreage as a &quot;Special Area&quot; of unique character and interest; and (2) permit the use of horizontal drilling technology from lease sites located outside a Special Area.
 
Prescribes Coastal Plain environmental protection requirements.
 
Abandoned Mine Lands Reclamation Reform Act of 2004 - Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to repeal the authorization that certain moneys in the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund be used: (1) by the Secretary of Agriculture for reclamation of rural lands; and (2) by the Department of the Interior for studies by contract with organizations for advice and research and development projects technical assistance. 
 
Reduces by twenty percent the reclamation fee required to be paid by operators of coal mining operations. 
 
Revises guidelines governing the transfer of funds from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund to the United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit (UMWACB) Fund to: (1) limit the aggregate amount transferred; and (2) coordinate such transfer with certain premiums mandated under the Internal Revenue Code.
 
Revises certification guidelines to prescribe payments to qualified and non-qualified States and Indian tribes. 
 
Establishes in the Treasury the Coal Mining Fairness Fund. Appropriates to such Fund certain bonuses, rents, or royalties proceeds received by the United States from the exploration, development, and production of the oil and gas resources of the Coastal Plain. 
 
Prescribes guidelines for payments from such Fund to the UMWACB Fund.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code (relating to liability of assigned operators) to: (1) waive payment by coal operators of any premium to the Combined Benefit Fund to the extent of the premium amount paid to the Coal Mining Fairness Fund; and (2) set guidelines governing prepayment to the Combined Benefit Fund of premium liability for coal industry health benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2004-06-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2004-06-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2004-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-14
text: Introduced in House