Legislative History

Congressional Records - April 20, 1977

Following is the April 20, 1977 Congressional Record. The text below is compiled from the Office of Surface Mining's COALEX data base, not an original printed document, and the reader is advised that coding or typographical errors could be present.

123 CONG.REC. E2500
April 20, 1977

HON. WILLIAM C. WAMPLER OF VIRGINIA

E2500 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

E2500 Tuesday, April 26, 1977

E2500 Mr. WAMPLER. Mr. Speaker, it is my intention to offer the following amendment to H.R. 2, the so-called strip mine bill, when it comes to the floor. In view of President Carter's tough energy proposals calling for more coal production, and the loss in coal production in my State and throughout the Appalachian region and elsewhere that will result if the strip mine bill is enacted, it is my view that delaying the effective date of Federal control now contained in H.R. 2, leaving it with the States until we get through the rough period of this crises, would ease the impact of this bill on our severe energy problem. The amendment follows:

{E2501} Section 528, on page 331, line 6, add a new subsection (3) as follows:

E2501 "(3) the extraction of coal for commercial purposes where the surface mining operation is conducted on any steep slope as defined in Section 515(e) until six years after enactment of this Act."

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