H.R. 2156: RECLAIM Act of 2019

116th Congress · introduced 2019-04-09 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 176.

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Where it came from: introduced 2019-04-09 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8] · 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. 176. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

RECLAIM Act of 2019

Plain summary

Revitalizing the Economy of Coal Communities by Leveraging Local Activities and Investing More Act of 2019 or the RECLAIM Act of 2019 This bill expands the uses of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund to provide support for economic revitalization, diversification, and development in economically distressed mining communities through the reclamation and restoration of land and water resources adversely affected by coal mining carried out before August 3, 1977. Specifically, it makes specified funds available to the Department of the Interior through FY2024 for distribution to states and Native American tribes for reclaiming and restoring abandoned mine lands and waters in such communities.

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Official text

RECLAIM Act of 2019

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8] · 65 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 2156, RECLAIM Act of 2019 (2019-06-20)

Cosponsors on this site

Harold Rogers (R-KY), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Darren Soto (D-FL), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Mike Kelly (R-PA), H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), James A. Himes (D-CT), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Peter Welch (D-VT), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Ed Case (D-HI), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL) and 5 more.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr2156.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>

Record fed-us-cong116-hr2156 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116