Community Reclamation Partnerships Act of 2025
Introduced Jan 3, 2025 by Rep. Darin LaHood
The House passed it. The Senate has to pass it before it can reach the President.
This bill revises the Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Program, which restores land and water adversely impacted by surface coal mines that were abandoned before August 3, 1977.
Until September 30, 2032, the bill allows a state with an approved reclamation program to enter into a memorandum of understanding with relevant federal or state agencies for remediating mine drainage on abandoned mine land and water impacted by abandoned mines.
In addition, the bill authorizes a partnership between a state and a community reclaimer for remediating abandoned mine land if certain conditions are met. A community reclaimer is a person who (1) voluntarily assists a state in a reclamation project, (2) did not participate in the creation of site conditions at the proposed site or activities that caused any land or waters at the site to become eligible for reclamation or drainage abatement expenditures, and (3) is not subject to outstanding violations of surface coal mining permits.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service.
No recorded roll-call vote on this bill — it may have passed by voice vote or unanimous consent, which don't record individual votes.
- May 14, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- May 13, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- May 13, 2025On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1970-1971)
- May 13, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1970-1971)
- May 13, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 167.
- May 13, 2025Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1970-1972)
- May 13, 2025Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Jan 3, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- Jan 3, 2025Introduced in House