Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 by authorizing to be appropriated $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1979; such additional amounts as necessary for salaries, pay, retirement and other employee benefits; and such sums as may be required for fiscal year 1980.
Authorizes appropriations of $25,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1979 and 1980 for determining hydrologic consequences and performing test borings for specified coal operators.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Reported to House from the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs with amendment, H. Rept. 95-1143.
Reported to House from the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs with amendment, H. Rept. 95-1143.
Measure called up under motion to suspend rules and pass in House.
Measure considered in House.
Passed/agreed to in House: Measure passed House, amended, roll call #526 (323-74).
Roll Call #526 (House)Measure passed House, amended, roll call #526 (323-74).
Roll Call #526 (House)Measure laid on table in House, S. 2463 passed in lieu.
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