House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act of 2026
Official title: To amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to protect taxpayers from liability associated with the reclamation of surface coal mining operations, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Summer Lee D-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 26, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 26, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9029.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. LEE of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 89, May 26, 2026, Page H3735):Section VIII of Article I of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 26, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9029, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9029
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 29, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 June 29, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
2 cosponsors — 2 Democrats
0 of 2 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Summer Lee.
- H.R. 2352 (119th) Abolish Super PACs Act
- H.R. 7623 (119th) Freedom House Ambulance Service Congressional Gold Medal Act
- H.R. 9437 (119th) Right to Vote Act
- H.R. 4337 (119th) Congressional Oversight Access Act
- H.R. 8484 (119th) Hazard Pay for Health Care Heroes Act
- H.R. 8303 (119th) Revitalizing America’s Schoolyards Act of 2026
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.