Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 Technical Corrections Act

Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 Technical Corrections Act - Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to modify procedures governing payments of moneys derived from reclamation fees to certified states and Indian tribes.

Requires that such payments: (1) be distributed as direct transfers of funds rather than in the form of grants; and (2) be made at the same time as specified payments from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund are made available, including without fiscal year limitation.

[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4353 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4353

To amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to make 
                     certain technical corrections.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 11, 2007

Mrs. Cubin (for herself and Mr. Rehberg) introduced the following bill; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to make 
                     certain technical corrections.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Surface Mining Control and 
Reclamation Act of 1977 Technical Corrections Act''.

SEC. 2. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO THE SURFACE MINING CONTROL AND 
              RECLAMATION ACT OF 1977.

    Section 411(h)(3) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act 
of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1240a(h)(3)) is amended--
            (1) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the 
        following:
                    ``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding chapters 63 and 
                65 of title 31, United States Code, all payments made 
                under this subsection to a certified State or Indian 
                tribe shall be distributed as direct transfers of funds 
                rather than in the form of grants.''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) Timing of payment.--Payments made under this 
                subsection shall be made at the same time as payments 
                under section 401(d).''.
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