US Congress House Bill 4248 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-9)
Status: Introduced on September 9 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-12-02 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 501.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Reauthorizes the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund fees and expands the payments from the fund for abandoned coal mine cleanups. Specifically, the bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to reimburse states and tribal governments from the fund for the emergency restoration, reclamation, abatement, control, or prevention of adverse effects of coal mining practices; extends the authority for Interior to collect reclamation fees through FY2036; and increases the minimum amount of funds from $3 million to $5 million that Interior must award to states and Indian tribes who have an approved abandoned mine reclamation program.

Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act Amendments of 2019

Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Charles Fleischmann [R-TN]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]
Rep. Dan Meuser [R-PA]	Rep. Jeff Van Drew [R-NJ]	Rep. Conor Lamb [D-PA]	Rep. Guy Reschenthaler [R-PA]
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]
Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]	Rep. Susan Wild [D-PA]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Sen. Markwayne Mullin [R-OK]
Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Fred Keller [R-PA]	Rep. Chrissy Houlahan [D-PA]	Rep. Debra Haaland [D-NM]
Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon [D-PA]	Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]	Rep. Madeleine Dean [D-PA]	Rep. Cindy Axne [D-IA]
Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Abby Finkenauer [D-IA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-12-02	House	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 501.
2020-12-02	House	Committee on the Budget discharged.
2020-12-02	House	Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-609, Part I.
2020-01-15	House	Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
2020-01-15	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2020-01-15	House	Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged.
2019-11-14	House	Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2019-09-12	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
2019-09-09	House	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 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-09-09	House	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 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-09-09	House	Introduced in House

HB2 (Related) 2020-07-20 - Received in the Senate.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4248/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr4248/BILLS-116hr4248ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr4248/BILLS-116hr4248rh.pdf