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H. Rept. 114-277 1 (2015-10-01)

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                    114TH CONGRESS                                        REPORT
                       1st Session    HOUSE   OF REPRESENTATIVES          114-277







                          SUPPORTING TRANSPARENT REGULATORY AND
                            ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIONS IN MINING ACT



                     OCTOBER 1, 2015.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
                                      of the Union and ordered to be printed



                      Mr. BISHOP  of Utah, from the Committee  on Natural Resources,
                                         submitted  the following


                                             REPORT

                                             together  with

                                          DISSENTING VIEWS

                                          [To accompany H.R. 1644]

                              [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

                      The Committee   on Natural Resources,  to whom  was referred the
                    bill (H.R. 1644) to amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclama-
                    tion Act of 1977 to ensure transparency in the development of envi-
                    ronmental  regulations, and for other purposes, having  considered
                    the same,  report favorably thereon with  an amendment and rec-
                    ommend   that the bill as amended do pass.
                      The amendment is   as follows:
                      Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:

                    SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
                      This Act may be cited as the Supporting Transparent Regulatory and Environ-
                    mental Actions in Mining Act or the STREAM Act.
                    SEC. 2. PUBLICATION OF SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTS FOR RULES AND RELATED ENVIRONMENTAL
                           IMPACT STATEMENTS, ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS, AND ECONOMIC ASSESS-
                           MENTS.
                      (a) REQUIREMENT.-Title V of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of
                    1977 (30 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
                    SEC. 530. PUBLICATION OF SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTS FOR RULES AND RELATED ENVIRON-
                           MENTAL ANALYSES, AND ECONOMIC ASSESSMENTS.
                      (a) REQUIREMENT.-
                         (1) IN GENERAL.-The Secretary shall make publicly available 90 days before
                       the publication of any draft, proposed, supplemental, final, or emergency rule
                       under this Act, or any related environmental analysis, economic assessment,
                       59-006

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