HR 395
106th 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
Strip mining
Water pollution control
Abandoned Hardrock Mines Reclamation Act of 1999
Introduced: January 19, 1999
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 2, 1999
Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
Feb 2, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Jan 19, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Jan 19, 1999
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Abandoned Hardrock Mines Reclamation Act of 1999- 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
2
Cosponsors
1