Safeguarding Treatment for the Restoration of Ecosystems from Abandoned Mines Act or the STREAM Act
This bill allows a state to set aside up to 30% of its annual grant for abandoned mine reclamation provided under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act for the treatment and abatement of acid mine drainage, which is the release of acidic water from abandoned coal mines.
[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9618 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 9618
To amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to make certain
activities eligible for grants from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation
Fund, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 20, 2022
Mr. Cartwright introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Natural Resources
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A BILL
To amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to make certain
activities eligible for grants from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation
Fund, and for other purposes.
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 ``Safeguarding Treatment for the
Restoration of Ecosystems from Abandoned Mines Act'' or the ``STREAM
Act''.
SEC. 2. LONG-TERM ABANDONED MINE LAND RECLAMATION.
Section 40701(c) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (30
U.S.C. 1231a(c)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``Grants under'' and inserting the
following:
``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2),
grants under''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) Long-term abandoned mine land reclamation.--
``(A) In general.--Not more than 30 percent of the
total amount of a grant made annually under subsection
(b)(1) may be retained by the recipient of the grant if
those amounts are deposited into a long-term abandoned
mine land reclamation fund established under State law,
from which amounts (together with all interest earned
on the amounts) are expended by the State or Indian
Tribe, as applicable, for--
``(i) the abatement of the causes and the
treatment of the effects of acid mine drainage
resulting from coal mining practices, including
for the costs of building, operating,
maintaining, and rehabilitating acid mine
drainage treatment systems;
``(ii) the prevention, abatement, and
control of subsidence; or
``(iii) the prevention, abatement, and
control of coal mine fires.
``(B) Reporting requirements.--Each recipient of a
grant under subsection (b)(1) that deposits grant
amounts into a long-term abandoned mine land
reclamation fund under subparagraph (A) shall--
``(i) offer amendments to the inventory
maintained under section 403(c) of the Surface
Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30
U.S.C. 1233(c)) to reflect the use of the
amounts for--
``(I) acid mine drainage abatement
and treatment;
``(II) subsidence prevention,
abatement, and control; and
``(III) coal mine fire prevention,
abatement, and control; and
``(ii) include in the annual grant report
of the recipient information on the status and
balance of amounts in the long-term abandoned
mine land reclamation fund.
``(C) Term.--Amounts retained under subparagraph
(A) shall not be subject to--
``(i) subsection (d)(4)(B); or
``(ii) any other limitation on the length
of the term of an annual grant under subsection
(b)(1).''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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