View all text of Subchapter IV [§ 1231 - § 1245]
§ 1231a. Abandoned mine reclamation fund authorization of appropriations
(a) In general
(b) Use of funds
(1) In general
(2) Eligible grant recipientsGrants may be made under paragraph (1) to—
(A) States and Indian Tribes that have a State or Tribal program approved under section 405 of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1235);
(B) States and Indian Tribes that are certified under section 411(a) of that Act (30 U.S.C. 1240a(a)); and
(C) States and Indian Tribes that are referred to in section 402(g)(8)(B) of that Act (30 U.S.C. 1232(g)(8)(B)).
(3) Contract aggregation
(c) Covered activities
(1) In general
(2) Long-term abandoned mine land reclamation
(A) In generalNot 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 if those amounts are deposited into a long-term abandoned mine land reclamation fund established under State law, from which amounts (together with all interest earned on the amounts) are expended by the State or Indian Tribe, as applicable, for—
(i) 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;
(ii) the prevention, abatement, and control of subsidence; or
(iii) the prevention, abatement, and control of coal mine fires.
(B) Reporting requirementsEach 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—
(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—(I) acid mine drainage abatement and treatment;(II) subsidence prevention, abatement, and control; and(III) coal mine fire prevention, abatement, and control; and
(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) TermAmounts 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).
(d) Allocation
(1) In general
(2) Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act exception
(3) Report to Congress on allocations
(A) In general
(B) InputThe Secretary of the Interior shall—
(i) prior to submitting the report under subparagraph (A), solicit the input of the States and Indian Tribes regarding the progress referred to in that subparagraph; and
(ii) include in the report submitted to Congress under that subparagraph a description of any input received under clause (i).
(4) Redistribution of funds
(A) Evaluation
(B) Unused funds
(e) Total amount of grant
(f) Priority
(g) Reservation
(Pub. L. 117–58, div. D, title VII, § 40701, Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 1091; Pub. L. 117–328, div. DD, title VIII, § 801, Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5622.)