,,ib ,union ,calendar ,no4 #eja #aafth  
,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #dbdh
 ,report ,no4 #aaf-fji1 ,part ,i ,,in   
,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives    
,september #i1 #bjai,mr4 ,cartwright    
7for himself1 ,mr4 ,thompson of         
,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,michael ,f4 ,doyle 
of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,kelly of        
,pennsylvania1 ,ms4 ,jackson ,lee1 ,mr4 
,fleischmann1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,mr4      
,ryan1 and ,mr4 ,meuser7 introduced the 
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,natural ,resources1  
and in addition to the ,committee on the
 ,budget1 for a period to be            
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,december #b1 #bjbj;,additional         
sponsors3 ,mr4 ,van ,drew1 ,mr4 ,lamb1  
,mr4 ,reschenthaler1 ,mr4               
,krishnamoorthi1 ,mr4 ,lowenthal1 ,mr4  
,fitzpatrick1 ,mr4 ,huffman1 ,mr4       
,yarmuth1 ,ms4 ,wild1 ,mr4 ,raskin1 ,mr4

 ,mullin1 ,mr4 ,welch1 ,mr4 ,keller1    
,ms4 ,houlahan1 ,ms4 ,haaland1 ,ms4     
,scanlon1 ,mr4 ,brendan ,f4 ,boyle of   
,pennsylvania1 ,ms4 ,dean1 ,mrs4 ,axne1 
,mr4 ,loebsack1 and ,ms4 ,finkenauer    
,december #b1 #bjbj,reported from the   
,committee on ,natural ,resources       
,december #b1 #bjbj;,committee on the   
,budget discharged2 committed to the    
,committee of the ,whole ,house on the  
,state of the ,union and ordered to be  
printed  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the       
,surface ,mining ,control and           
,reclamation ,act of #aigg to allow the 
,secretary of the ,interior to delegate 
certain emergency reclamation activities
 to the ,states and ,tribes1 and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,surface       
,mining ,control and ,reclamation ,act  
,amendments of #bjai4  #b4 ,abandoned   
,mine ,land ,reclamation ,fund ,section 
#dja7;f77#b7 of the ,surface ,mining    
,control and ,reclamation ,act of #aigg 
7#cj ,u4,s4,c4 #abca7;f77#b77 is        

amended-- 7#a7 in subparagraph 7,a7--   
7,a7 in the heading1 by striking #bjbb  
and inserting #bjcg2 and  7,b7 by       
striking #bjbb and substituting #bjcg2  
and  7#b7 in subparagraph 7,b7-- 7,a7 in
 the heading1 by striking #bjbc and     
inserting #bjch2  7,b7 by striking #bjbc
 and substituting #bjch2 and  7,c7 by   
striking #bjbb and inserting #bjcg4  #c4
 ,emergency ,powers  7a7 ,state         
reclamation program ,section #dje7;d7 of
 the ,surface ,mining ,control and      
,reclamation ,act of #aigg 7#cj         
,u4,s4,c4 #abce7;d77 is amended by      
striking sections #djb and #daj excepted
 and inserting section #djb excepted4   
7b7 ,delegation ,section #daj of the    
,surface ,mining ,control and           
,reclamation ,act of #aigg 7#cj         
,u4,s4,c4 #abdj7 is amended-- 7#a7 in   
subsection 7a71 by inserting 1 including
 through reimbursement to a ,state or   
,tribal ,government described in        
subsection 7c71 after moneys2 and  7#b7 
by adding at the end the following3  7c7

 ,state or ,tribal ,government ,a ,state
 or ,tribal ,government is eligible to  
receive reimbursement from the          
,secretary under subsection 7a7 if such 
,state or ,tribal ,government has       
submitted1 and the ,secretary has       
approved1 an ,abandoned ,mine ,land     
,emergency ,program as part of an       
approved ,state or ,tribal ,reclamation 
,plan under section #dje4  4  #d4       
,reclamation fee  7a7 ,duration         
,effective #ij days after the date of   
enactment of this ,act1 section #djb7;b7
 of the ,surface ,mining ,control and   
,reclamation ,act of #aigg 7#cj         
,u4,s4,c4 #abcb7;b77 is amended by      
striking ,september #cj1 #bjba and      
inserting ,september #cj1 #bjcf4  7b7   
,allocation of funds ,effective         
,september #cj1 #bjai1 section #djb7;g7 
of the ,surface ,mining ,control and    
,reclamation ,act of #aigg 7#cj         
,u4,s4,c4 #abcb7;g77 is amended-- 7#a7  
in paragraph 7#f77;,a71 by striking     
paragraphs 7#a7 and 7#e7 inserting      

paragraphs 7#a71 7#e71 and 7#h72  7#b7  
in paragraph 7#h77;,a71 by striking     
#c1jjj1jjj and inserting #e1jjj1jjj2 and
  7#c7 by adding at the end the         
following3  7#i7 ,from amounts withheld 
pursuant to the ,budget ,control ,act of
 #bjaa 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #ija7;a77 from     
payments to ,states under title ,,iv of 
the ,surface ,mining ,control and       
,reclamation ,act 7#cj ,u4,s4,c4        
#abcb7;g77 during fiscal years #bjac    
through #bjah1 the ,secretary shall     
distribute for fiscal year #bjai an     
amount to each ,state equal to the total
 amount so withheld4  4  #e4 ,exempt    
programs and activities ,section        
#bee7;g77#a77;,a7 of the ,balanced      
,budget and ,emergency ,deficit ,control
 ,act 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #ije7;g77#a77;,a77  
is amended by adding at the end the     
following3 ,payments to ,states and     
,indian ,tribes from the ,abandoned     
,mine ,reclamation ,fund1 mandatory     
grants to ,states and ,indian ,tribes   
7#ab-ejq#e-j-b-iii744  ,december #b1    

#bjbj,reported from the ,committee on   
,natural ,resources,december #b1        
#bjbj;,committee on the ,budget         
discharged2 committed to the ,committee 
of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   
the ,union and ordered to be printed