VOIDS AND TUNNELS.

SEC. 6009. VOIDS AND TUNNELS. Section 409 of the the 6565 So in original. Probably should be “of the Surface”. Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1239) is amended— (1) in subsection (a) by striking “chairman of any tribe” and inserting in lieu thereof “the governing body of an Indian tribe”; (2) in subsection (b), by striking “or Indian reservations under the provisions of subsection 402(g)” and inserting “or Indian tribes under the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (5) of section 402(g)”; and (3) by amending subsection (c) to read as follows: “(c) (1) The Secretary may make expenditures and carry out the purposes of this section in such States where requests are made by the Governor or governing body of an Indian tribe for those reclamation projects which meet the priorities stated in section 403(a)(D, except that for the purposes of this section the reference to coal in section 403(a)(1) shall not apply. “(2) The provisions of section 404 shall apply to this section, with the exception that such mined lands need not have been mined for coal. “(3) The Secretary shall not make any expenditures for the purposes of this section in those States which have made the certification referred to in section 411(a).”.