[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3053 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3053

  To amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to 
       permit the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund to be used for 
    transportation and use of dredged materials for abandoned mine 
                  reclamation, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 1, 2010

  Mr. Specter introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to 
       permit the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund to be used for 
    transportation and use of dredged materials for abandoned mine 
                  reclamation, 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. USE OF ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND FOR TRANSPORTATION 
              AND USE OF DREDGED MATERIALS FOR ABANDONED MINE 
              RECLAMATION.

    (a) In General.--Section 401(c)(1) of the Surface Mining Control 
and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1231(c)(1)) is amended by 
inserting ``transportation and use of dredged materials for abandoned 
mine reclamation;'' after ``coal mine subsidence;''.
    (b) Implementation.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall be 
applied to permit the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund to be used under 
section 401(c) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 
1977 (30 U.S.C. 1231(c)) to allow dredged materials derived from the 
Delaware River Deepening Project, and from annual Delaware River 
maintenance dredging, to be used for reclamation of abandoned mines in 
Northeast, Pennsylvania.
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