HR 7784 · 94th Congress · Land use
A bill to provide for an abandoned mine reclamation fund.
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EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.(1975-06-11)
Plain Language Summary
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Creates on the books of the Treasury of the United States the Abandoned Coal Mine Reclamation Fund to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior. Specifies that the fund shall be available for acquisition and reclamation of land and other specified similar purposes. States that the fund shall consist of funds derived from: (1) the sale, lease, or rental of land reclaimed pursuant to this Act; (2) any user charge imposed on or for land reclaimed pursuant to this Act, after expenditures for maintenance have been deducted; and (3) specified reclamation fees levied upon all operators of coal mines. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into agreements of not more than 10 years duration to provide for land stabilization, erosion and sediment control, and reclamation through conservation treatment. Makes it the duty of land owners to furnish to the Secretary a plan, to be agreed to by both parties, setting forth the land uses and conservation treatment to be effected on the lands described in the agreement. Allows the Secretary to furnish assistance to such landowners to carry out the treatment necessary, up to a maximum of 80 percent of the cost, and on not more than 30…
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