Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7940.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTWRIGHT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 62, April 11, 2024, Page H2317):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (relating to the power of Congress to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.) The single subject of this legislation is: The Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act of 2024 would eliminate mining companies' self-bonding practices, require each state to submit an actuarial study proving a proposed bond pool will be financially sound over the next five years and perform a subsequent study every five years thereafter, and would require the disclosure of any appraisal or valuation of real property or equipment used for bonding purposes and clarifying that bonding collateral that is not cash, letters of…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 11, 2024 ↗

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  H.R. 7940, 118th Congress

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  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 23, 2024

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  September 14, 2026

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  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of July 23, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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