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   In S. 3957 · Introduced in Senate

   SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

   This Act may be cited as the "Safeguarding Treatment for the Restoration of Ecosystems from Abandoned Mines Act" or the "STREAM Act".

   SEC. 2. [struck: ACTIVITIES ELIGIBLE FOR GRANTS FROM THE ][inserted: LONG-TERM ]ABANDONED MINE [struck: RECLAMATION FUND][inserted: LAND RECLAMATION].

   Section 40701(c) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (30 U.S.C. 1231a(c)) is amended--

   (1) by striking "Grants under" and inserting the following:

   "(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), grants under"; and

   (2) by adding at the end the following:

   Struck: "(2) Acid mine drainage abatement and treatment.--

   Inserted: "(2) Long-term abandoned mine land reclamation.--

   "(A) In general.--Not more than 30 percent of the total amount of a grant made annually under subsection (b)(1) may be retained by the recipient of the grant[struck: ,] if those amounts are deposited into [struck: an acid ][inserted: a long-term abandoned ]mine [struck: drainage abatement and treatment ][inserted: land reclamation ]fund established under State law, from which amounts (together with all interest earned on the amounts) are expended by the State [struck: for the abatement of the causes and the treatment of the effects of acid mine drainage resulting from coal mining practices, including for the costs of building, operating, maintaining, and rehabilitating acid mine drainage treatment systems.][inserted: or Indian Tribe, as applicable, for--]

   Struck: "(B) Reporting requirements.--Each recipient of a grant under subsection (b)(1) that deposits grant amounts into an acid mine drainage abatement and treatment fund under subparagraph (A) shall--

   Struck: "(i) offer amendments to the inventory maintained under section 403(c) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1233(c)) to reflect the use of the amounts for acid mine drainage abatement and treatment; and

   Struck: "(ii) include in the annual grant report of the recipient information on the status and balance of amounts in the acid mine drainage abatement and treatment fund.

   Inserted: "(i) the abatement of the causes and the treatment of the effects of acid mine drainage resulting from coal mining practices, including for the costs of building, operating, maintaining, and rehabilitating acid mine drainage treatment systems;

   Inserted: "(ii) the prevention, abatement, and control of subsidence; or

   Inserted: "(iii) the prevention, abatement, and control of coal mine fires.

   Inserted: "(B) Reporting requirements.--Each recipient of a grant under subsection (b)(1) that deposits grant amounts into a long-term abandoned mine land reclamation fund under subparagraph (A) shall--

   Inserted: "(i) offer amendments to the inventory maintained under section 403(c) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1233(c)) to reflect the use of the amounts for--

   Inserted: "(I) acid mine drainage abatement and treatment;

   Inserted: "(II) subsidence prevention, abatement, and control; and

   Inserted: "(III) coal mine fire prevention, abatement, and control; and

   Inserted: "(ii) include in the annual grant report of the recipient information on the status and balance of amounts in the long-term abandoned mine land reclamation fund.

   "(C) Term.--Amounts retained under subparagraph (A) shall not be subject to--

   "(i) subsection (d)(4)(B); or

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   "(ii) any other limitation on the length of the term of an annual grant under subsection (b)(1).".

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