H.R. 5479: Coal Accountability and Retired Employee Act of 2010
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H.R. 5479: Coal Accountability and Retired Employee Act of 2010
111th Congress · introduced 2010-06-08 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 389.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2010-06-08 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 389. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Coal Accountability and Retired Employee Act of 2010
Plain summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Coal Accountability and Retired Employee Act of 2010 or CARE Act - Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 with respect to transfers of interest earned by the Abandoned Mine Reclamation (AMR) Fund. Requires the transfer during any fiscal year to the trustees of the 1974 United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) Pension Plan, to be used solely to pay pension benefits under such plan, of certain excess funds remaining after: (1) transfer from the AMR Fund to the UMWA Combined Benefit Fund; and (2) application of the annual $490 million cap on such transfers.
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Official text
Coal Accountability and Retired Employee Act of 2010
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House without amendment)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3] · 4 cosponsors
Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 5479, Coal Accountability and Retired Employee Act of 2010 (2010-09-20); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 5479, Coal Accountability and Retired Employee Act of 2010 (2010-09-20)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House without amendment)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111hr5479.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/hr>
Record fed-us-cong111-hr5479 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111