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Latest Action: 11/01/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13687-13688) Bill TextA bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the percentage depletion allowance for certain hardrock mines, and for other purposes. 11/1/2007--Introduced. Elimination of Double Subsidies for the Hardrock Mining Industry Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to disallow the percentage depletion allowance for hardrock mines located on land currently subject to the general mining laws, or on land patented under such laws. Establishes in the Treasury the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Trust Fund. Appropriates to such Fund amounts equal to 25% of the additional revenues received due to the disallowance of the depletion allowance for hardrock mines proposed by this Act. Prescribes guidelines under which such Fund shall be available to the Secretary of the Interior for reclamation and restoration of lands and water resources adversely affected by mineral and mineral material mining (excluding coal and fluid minerals).
Also tagged in: Air pollution, Air pollution control, Aquifers, Budgets, Education, Emergency management, Energy conservation, Environmental protection, Environmental research, Environmental technology, Federal aid to education, Federal aid to research, Floodplains, Floods, Higher education, Indians, Infrastructure, Landforms, Minorities, Natural resources, Nature conservation, Research and development, Research centers, Restoration ecology, Road construction, Rural affairs, Science policy, Technological innovations, Technology, Technology transfer, Transportation, Transportation engineering, Transportation research, Water purification, Water resources, Water storage, Water supply, Wetlands
Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science and Technology. H. Rept. 110-576, Part I. Bill TextTo provide for the establishment of Green Transportation Infrastructure Research and Technology Transfer Centers, and for other purpose. 4/10/2008--Reported to House amended, Part I. (There is 1 other summary) Green Transportation Infrastructure Research and Technology Transfer Act - (Sec. 3) Amends federal transportation law to direct the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to existing university transportation centers, or to consortia consisting of such a center and one or more institutions of higher education, to carry out green transportation infrastructure research and development and technology transfer activities. Defines "green transportation infrastructure" as infrastructure that: (1) preserves and restores natural processes, landforms (such as floodplains), natural vegetated stream side buffers, wetlands, or other topographical features that can slow, filter, and naturally store stormwater runoff and floodwaters for [...] show full description
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Also tagged in: Air pollution, Air pollution control, Aquifers, Budgets, Education, Emergency management, Energy conservation, Environmental protection, Environmental research, Environmental technology, Federal aid to education, Federal aid to research, Floodplains, Floods, Higher education, Indians, Infrastructure, Landforms, Minorities, Natural resources, Nature conservation, Research and development, Research centers, Restoration ecology, Road construction, Rural affairs, Science policy, Technological innovations, Technology, Technology transfer, Transportation, Transportation engineering, Transportation research, Water purification, Water resources, Water storage, Water supply, Wetlands
Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science and Technology. H. Rept. 110-576, Part I. Bill TextTo provide for the establishment of Green Transportation Infrastructure Research and Technology Transfer Centers, and for other purpose. 4/10/2008--Reported to House amended, Part I. (There is 1 other summary) Green Transportation Infrastructure Research and Technology Transfer Act - (Sec. 3) Amends federal transportation law to direct the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to existing university transportation centers, or to consortia consisting of such a center and one or more institutions of higher education, to carry out green transportation infrastructure research and development and technology transfer activities. Defines "green transportation infrastructure" as infrastructure that: (1) preserves and restores natural processes, landforms (such as floodplains), natural vegetated stream side buffers, wetlands, or other topographical features that can slow, filter, and naturally store stormwater runoff and floodwaters for [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Agriculture, Budgets, Business, Depletion allowances, Energy, Environmental protection, Government trust funds, Income tax, Land subsidence, Mine wastes, Mines and mineral resources, Mining claims, Natural resources, Public lands, Reclamation of land, Sedimentation, Soil erosion, Solid wastes, Strip mining, Tax deductions, Taxation, Water pollution, Water pollution control
Latest Action: 11/01/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13687-13688) Bill TextA bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the percentage depletion allowance for certain hardrock mines, and for other purposes. 11/1/2007--Introduced. Elimination of Double Subsidies for the Hardrock Mining Industry Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to disallow the percentage depletion allowance for hardrock mines located on land currently subject to the general mining laws, or on land patented under such laws. Establishes in the Treasury the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Trust Fund. Appropriates to such Fund amounts equal to 25% of the additional revenues received due to the disallowance of the depletion allowance for hardrock mines proposed by this Act. Prescribes guidelines under which such Fund shall be available to the Secretary of the Interior for reclamation and restoration of lands and water resources adversely affected by mineral and mineral material mining (excluding coal and fluid minerals).
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