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Abandoned Hardrock Mines Reclamation Act of 1997

Introduced: February 13, 1997 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 21, 1997
Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
Feb 21, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Feb 13, 1997
Referred to House Resources
Feb 13, 1997
Referred to House Ways and Means
Feb 13, 1997
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, 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.
Feb 13, 1997
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E254-255)
Feb 13, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Abandoned Hardrock Mines Reclamation Act of 1997 - Sets forth a fee schedule under which a producer of hardrock minerals from a mine that was within a mining claim that has subsequently been patented under the general mining laws must pay the Secretary of the Interior a reclamation fee computed as a specified percentage of net proceeds.

Establishes the Abandoned Minerals Mine Reclamation Fund, composed of such fees for the reclamation and restoration of land and water resources adversely affected by past minerals activities (other than coal and fluid minerals activities).

What's happening now February 21, 1997

Executive Comment Requested from Interior.

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 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · May 15, 1997
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Mar 17, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 780: Abandoned Hardrock Mines Reclamation Act of 1997. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-780/
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"H.R. 780: Abandoned Hardrock Mines Reclamation Act of 1997." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-780/.
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