S. 859 (119th)Congressional Activities

Mining Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Prevention Act of 2025

Public Lands and Natural Resources|Administrative remediesAlaska
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Introduced
Mar 5, 2025
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Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.

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CRS analysis

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According to a 2008 National Research Council report, a critical mineral is a nonfuel mineral that is essential for use and faces considerable supply chain vulnerabilities. Demand for these components in the agriculture, defense, electronics, energy, manufacturing, refining and transportation sectors is projected to g…

AuthorsLinda R. Rowan
Natural Resources PolicyEarth Sciences & Natural HazardsNatural Resources Trade & Economics
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Committee meetings

Recent
ScheduledMeetingMar 12, 2025, 2:00 PM
Hearings to examine S.362, to allow certain Federal minerals to be mined consistent with the Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification, S.544, to provide for the location of multiple hardrock mining mill sites, to establish the Abandoned Hardrock Mine Fund, S.596, to establish a pilot program to support domestic critical material processing, S.714, to amend the Energy Act of 2020 to include critical materials in the definition of critical mineral, S.789, to require reports on critical mineral and rare earth element resources around the world and a strategy for the development of advanced mining, refining, separation, and processing technologies, and S.859, to modify the requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain land.
366, Dirksen Senate Office Building, 366, Dirksen Senate Office Building

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