SOLAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES ON CURRENT AND FORMER MINE LAND.

SEC. 40341. SOLAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES ON CURRENT AND FORMER MINE LAND. Section 3004 of the Energy Act of 2020 (42 U.S.C. 16238) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by redesignating paragraphs (6) through (15) as paragraphs (7) through (16), respectively; and (B) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following: “(6) Mine land.—The term ‘mine land’ means— “(A) land subject to titles IV and V of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1231 et seq.; 30 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.); and “(B) land that has been claimed or patented subject to sections 2319 through 2344 of the Revised Statutes (commonly known as the ‘Mining Law of 1872’) (30 U.S.C. 22 et seq.).” ; and (2) in subsection (b)(6)(B)— (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting “, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior and 135 STAT. 1031 the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for purposes of clause (iv),” after “the Secretary”; (B) in clause (iii), by striking “and” after the semicolon; (C) by redesignating clause (iv) as clause (v); and (D) by inserting after clause (iii) the following: “(iv) a description of the technical and economic viability of siting solar energy technologies on current and former mine land, including necessary interconnection and transmission siting and the impact on local job creation; and” .