HR 780
105th Congress
House
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Commerce
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Fees
Government trust funds
Land subsidence
Mine wastes
Mineral industries
Mines and mineral resources
Mining claims
Reclamation of land
Revegetation
Sediment control
Soil erosion
Water pollution control
Abandoned Hardrock Mines Reclamation Act of 1997
Introduced: February 13, 1997
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Everywhere this bill has been
7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
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
Plain-English summary
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
Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
Committees of jurisdiction
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