HR 488 United States House · 117th Congress

Saving America’s Mines Act

Summary

Saving America's Mines Act This bill bars the President, the Department of the Interior, or the Department of Agriculture from declaring a moratorium on or reversing any existing lease, permit, or claim, for the mining and extraction of any critical mineral or common varieties of sand, stone, and gravel on National Forest System or Bureau of Land Management land unless specifically authorized by statute or upon the lessee, permittee, or claimant's failure to comply with any of the provisions of its agreement.

Issues: ✗ Environment

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2021

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Introduced Jan 25, 2021 Last action Feb 24, 2021

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Committee

Feb 24, 2021

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

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Feb 18, 2021

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

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Jan 25, 2021

Committee

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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Jan 25, 2021

Introduced

Introduced in House

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1 primary · 25 co-sponsors