Sec. 7. Additional grants from Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund
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Title IV of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 is amended by inserting after section 415 ( 30 U.S.C. 1244 ) the following: In this section, the term eligible State or Indian tribe means a State or Indian tribe— with an approved State Reclamation Plan under section 405; and that is not certified under section 411(a). Of amounts in the fund that are not otherwise appropriated, $140,000,000 shall be made available to the Secretary, without further appropriation, for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2036, to make grants to eligible States and Indian tribes for the conduct of reclamation projects designed to achieve the priorities described in paragraphs
(1)and
(2)of section 403(a). In making grants under subsection
(b)to eligible States and Indian tribes, the Secretary shall allocate the grants to those States and Indian tribes based on the amount of coal historically produced in the State or from the Indian lands concerned before August 3, 1977, in the same manner as under section 402(g)(5). . Section 401 of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 ( 30 U.S.C. 1231 ) is amended— in subsection (c)— in paragraph (10), by striking and at the end; by redesignating paragraph
(11)as paragraph (12); and by inserting after paragraph
(10)the following: to make additional grants under section 416; and ; and in subsection (d)(3), by inserting and section 416 before the period at the end. Section 402(g) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 ( 30 U.S.C. 1232(g) ) is amended— in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting and section 416 after subsection
(h); and in paragraph (3), by adding at the end the following: For the purpose of section 416. .
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