A bill to increase the amounts authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1979 and succeeding fiscal years to carry out the purposes of section 507(c) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977.

Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to increase by 15,000,000 for fiscal year 1979 and by $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1980 the sums authorized to be appropriated for State and Federal regulatory authority payments of expenses incurred by coal surface mining operators producing less than 100,000 tons annually in meeting application requirements regarding the determination of probable hydrologic consequences and test boring and core sampling results.