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HR 167 · in committee · significant

Community Reclamation Partnerships Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • This bill expands the Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Program to allow states to partner with federal and state agencies and community volunteers to clean up coal mines abandoned before 1977.
  • States with approved reclamation programs and volunteer community reclaimers who did not cause the damage are affected by this bill.
  • The bill authorizes these partnerships through September 30, 2032, to remediate mine drainage and restore land and water impacted by abandoned mines.

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Community Threads

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  1. 01

    How would expanded volunteer involvement in mine reclamation affect the safety and liability standards currently required under federal environmental law?

  2. 02

    What evidence shows that community partnerships can achieve comparable remediation outcomes to traditional contractor-led approaches in abandoned coal mine cleanup?

  3. 03

    Which states have the most abandoned mines from before 1977, and how would this bill's funding be distributed among regions with different reclamation needs?

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Darin LaHood

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Introduced 2025-05-14

Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-05-14 · senate · IntroReferral

    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

  2. 2025-05-13 · house · Floor

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  3. 2025-05-13 · house · Floor

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1970-1971)

  4. 2025-05-13 · Floor

    Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1970-1971)

  5. 2025-05-13 · house · Floor

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 167.

  6. 2025-05-13 · house · Floor

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1970-1972)

  7. 2025-05-13 · house · Floor

    Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.

  8. 2025-01-03 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

  9. 2025-01-03 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  10. 2025-01-03 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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