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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 See on congress.gov
 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 Congressional Research Service

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 February 2, 1999

Executive Comment Requested from Interior.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2