# 2025-20825: Mining Office Scrubs Outdated Funds from State Grant Rules

2025-20825, Grants for Certified States and Indian Tribes, is a Federal Register rule from Interior Department, Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office published 2025-11-24, effective 2026-01-23 (as of 2026-06-11).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20825
- As of: 2026-06-11
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-20825
- Title: Grants for Certified States and Indian Tribes
- Type: Rule
- Agencies: Interior Department; Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
- Citation: 90 FR 52865
- Published: 2025-11-24
- Effective: 2026-01-23
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: 1029-AC96
- Last updated: 2026-06-11

## In one line

Mining Office Scrubs Outdated Funds from State Grant Rules

## Summary

This update clears out old, unused money rules from the grant process for certified States and Indian Tribes involved in mining cleanup. It makes sure only current, real funds get counted starting January 23, 2026, so everyone knows exactly what cash is available. If anyone has big concerns, they can speak up by December 24, 2025, before the changes take effect.

## Abstract

This direct final rule revises the Federal regulations to rescind language identifying obsolete funds as part of the moneys that the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) must distribute to eligible States and Tribes each fiscal year. The existing regulations refer to prior balance replacement funds, which are moneys from the United States Treasury's General Fund that replaced State or Tribal share funds that were allocated before October 1, 2007, but never appropriated by Congress.

## Effects PRIA read

No economic effects identified for this document.

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## Sources
- [2025-20825 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/24/2025-20825/grants-for-certified-states-and-indian-tribes)
- [2025-20825 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-24/pdf/2025-20825.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20825 (as of 2026-06-11).