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S. 3957 — what changed

Safeguarding Treatment for the Restoration of Ecosystems from Abandoned Mines Act

From Introduced in Senate to Engrossed in Senate. 1 section amended between Introduced in Senate and Engrossed in Senate.

Sec. 2 Long-term abandoned mine land reclamation

Section 40701(c) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (30 U.S.C. 1231a(c)) is amended—

(1)
by striking “Grants under” and inserting the following:

“(1) In general—Except as provided in paragraph (2), grants under”

(2)
by adding at the end the following:

changed “(2) Acid Long-term abandoned mine drainage abatement and treatmentland reclamation

changed “(A) In general—Not more than 30 percent of the total amount of a grant made annually under subsection (b)(1) may be retained by the recipient of the grant, grant if those amounts are deposited into an acid a long-term abandoned mine drainage abatement and treatment land reclamation fund established 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 treatment of the effects of acid mine drainage resulting from coal mining practices, including for the costs of building, operating, maintaining, and rehabilitating acid mine drainage treatment systems.or Indian Tribe, as applicable, for—

changed “(B) Reporting requirements—Each recipient “(i) the abatement of a grant under subsection (b)(1) that deposits grant amounts into an the causes and the treatment of the effects of acid mine drainage abatement resulting from coal mining practices, including for the costs of building, operating, maintaining, and rehabilitating acid mine drainage treatment fund under subparagraph (A) shall—systems;

changed “(i) offer amendments to the inventory maintained under section 403(c) of “(ii) the Surface Mining Control prevention, abatement, and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1233(c)) to reflect the use control of the amounts for acid mine drainage abatement and treatment; andsubsidence; or

changed “(ii) include in the annual grant report of the recipient information on “(iii) the status prevention, abatement, and balance control of amounts in the acid coal mine drainage abatement and treatment fund.fires.

added “(B) Reporting requirements—Each recipient of a grant under subsection (b)(1) that deposits grant amounts into a long-term abandoned mine land reclamation fund under subparagraph (A) shall—

added “(i) offer amendments to the inventory maintained under section 403(c) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1233(c)) to reflect the use of the amounts for—

added “(I) acid mine drainage abatement and treatment;

added “(II) subsidence prevention, abatement, and control; and

added “(III) coal mine fire prevention, abatement, and control; and

added “(ii) include in the annual grant report of the recipient information on the status and balance of amounts in the long-term abandoned mine land reclamation fund.

“(C) Term—Amounts retained under subparagraph (A) shall not be subject to—

“(i) subsection (d)(4)(B); or

“(ii) any other limitation on the length of the term of an annual grant under subsection (b)(1).”