[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7283 Received in Senate (RDS)]
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117th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7283
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
August 1, 2022
Received
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AN ACT
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. ACTIVITIES THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR GRANTS FROM THE ABANDONED MINE
RECLAMATION FUND.
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) Acid mine drainage abatement and treatment.--
``(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 an acid mine
drainage abatement and treatment fund established under
State law, from which amounts (together with all
interest earned on the amounts) 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 practices, including for the costs of
building, operating, maintaining, and rehabilitating
acid mine drainage treatment systems.
``(B) Reporting requirements.--Each recipient of a
grant under subsection (b)(1) that deposits grant
amounts into an acid mine drainage abatement and
treatment 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 acid mine drainage abatement and
treatment; and
``(ii) 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 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).''.
Passed the House of Representatives July 29, 2022.
Attest:
CHERYL L. JOHNSON,
Clerk.