,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cieg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #cj1    
#bjbb,mr4 ,casey 7for himself and ,mr4  
,braun7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,energy and ,natural     
,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the    
,infrastructure ,investment and ,jobs   
,act to make certain activities eligible
 for grants from the ,abandoned ,mine   
,reclamation ,fund1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,safeguarding       
,treatment for the ,restoration of      
,ecosystems from ,abandoned ,mines ,act 
or the ,,stream ,act4  #b4 ,activities  
eligible for grants from the ,abandoned 
,mine ,reclamation ,fund ,section       
#djgja7;c7 of the ,infrastructure       
,investment and ,jobs ,act 7#cj         
,u4,s4,c4 #abca;a7c77 is amended-- 7#a7 
by striking ,grants under and inserting 
the following3  7#a7 ,in general ,except
 as provided in paragraph 7#b71 grants  

under  2 and  7#b7 by adding at the end 
the following3  7#b7 ,acid mine drainage
 abatement and treatment  7,a7 ,in      
general ,not more than #cj percent of   
the total amount of a grant made        
annually under subsection 7b77#a7 may be
 retained by the recipient of the grant1
 if those amounts are deposited into an 
acid mine drainage abatement and        
treatment fund established under ,state 
law1 from which amounts 7together with  
all interest earned on the amounts7 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 practices1 including   
for the costs of building1 operating1   
maintaining1 and rehabilitating acid    
mine drainage treatment systems4  7,b7  
,reporting requirements ,each recipient 
of a grant under subsection 7b77#a7 that
 deposits grant amounts into an acid    
mine drainage abatement and treatment   
fund under subparagraph 7,a7 shall-- 7i7
 offer amendments to the inventory      

maintained under section #djc7;c7 of the
 ,surface ,mining ,control and          
,reclamation ,act of #aigg 7#cj         
,u4,s4,c4 #abcc7;c77 to reflect the use 
of the amounts for acid mine drainage   
abatement and treatment2 and  7ii7      
include in the annual grant report of   
the recipient information on the status 
and balance of amounts in the acid mine 
drainage abatement and treatment fund4  
7,c7 ,term ,amounts retained under      
subparagraph 7,a7 shall not be subject  
to-- 7i7 subsection 7d77#d77;,b72 or    
7ii7 any other limitation on the length 
of the term of an annual grant under    
subsection 7b77#a74  4