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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
117TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 117-293
COMMUNITY RECLAMATION PARTNERSHIPS ACT
APRIL 25, 2022.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. GRIJALVA, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 1146]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 1146) to amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclama-
tion Act of 1977 to authorize partnerships between States and non-
governmental entities for the purpose of reclaiming and restoring
land and water resources adversely affected by coal mining activi-
ties before August 3, 1977, and for other purposes, having consid-
ered the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and
recommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 1146 is to amend the Surface Mining Con-
trol and Reclamation Act of 1977 to authorize partnerships be-
tween states and nongovernmental entities for the purpose of re-
claiming and restoring land and water resources adversely affected
by coal mining activities before August 3, 1977.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 19771
(SMCRA) established a system for reclaiming Abandoned Mine
Lands (AML) using fees paid by current coal mining companies.2
The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
1 Pub. L. No. 95-87, 91 Stat. 445 (1977), https://uscode.house.gov/statviewer.htm?volume=
91&page=445 (codified as amended at various, see http://uscode.house.gov/table3/95_87.htm)
(statutory compilation as amended through P.L. 117-58 at https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/
COMPS 1574/pdf/COMPS 1574.pdf).
2Pub. L. No. 95-87, tit. IV, 91 Stat. at 456-67 (codified as amended at 30 U.S.C. §§1231-
45).
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