### Question
Can you define what amount due means?


### Answer
**Amount due** is defined as the following in *30 U.S.C. § 1240a*:

> the unappropriated amount allocated to a State or Indian tribe before October 1, 2007, under subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 1232(g)(1) of this title

#### Citation:
  - *30 U.S.C. § 1240a*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 25-SURFACE MINING CONTROL AND RECLAMATION > SUBCHAPTER IV-ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATIONS**

