A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to insure the stockpiling and replacement of topsoil on public lands and other lands which are moved or covered by surface mining projects, reclamation projects, and other Federal and federally assisted projects, and for other purposes.
National Topsoil Preservation Act of 1985 - Establishes a National Land Resources Protection Commission which shall establish standards for stockpiling and replacing topsoil on lands where federally assisted projects are carried out.
Directs the Commission to establish minimum standards to assure that projects will not pollute existing streams, cause land slides or flooding, or substantially change the water volume carried by the natural waterways adjoining the immediate construction area.
Authorizes the Commission to require a plan and/or a compliance bond for a project prior to any earth moving.
Authorizes appropriations.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Referred to Subcommittee on Conservation Credit and Rural Development.
Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment.
Executive Comment Requested from Interior, USDA.
Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment Discharged.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported.
Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From USDA.
Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From USDA.
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Report No: 99-306 (Part I).
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Report No: 99-306 (Part I).
Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From Interior.
Called up by House Under Suspension of Rules.
Considered by House Unfinished Business.
Failed of passage/not agreed to in House: Failed to Receive 2/3's Vote to Suspend and Pass by Yea-Nay Vote: 225 - 185 (Record Vote No: 364).
Roll Call #364 (House)Failed to Receive 2/3's Vote to Suspend and Pass by Yea-Nay Vote: 225 - 185 (Record Vote No: 364).
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