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HR 697 113th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Land transfers Mining Nevada

Three Kids Mine Remediation and Reclamation Act

Introduced: February 14, 2013 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 27 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 25, 2014
Signed by President.
Jul 25, 2014
Became Public Law No: 113-135.
Jul 17, 2014
Presented to President.
Jul 10, 2014
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Jul 9, 2014
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4355-4364)
Jul 9, 2014
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S4355-4364)
Apr 8, 2014
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Landrieu without amendment. With written report No. 113-147.
Apr 8, 2014
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 353.
Nov 21, 2013
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Jul 23, 2013
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Jul 22, 2013
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 697.
Jul 22, 2013
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4831-4832)
Jul 22, 2013
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H4831-4832)
Jul 22, 2013
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jul 22, 2013
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4831-4833)
Jul 22, 2013
Mr. Hastings (WA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Jul 8, 2013
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 99.
Jul 8, 2013
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-137.
Jun 12, 2013
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Jun 12, 2013
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 12, 2013
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged.
Jun 12, 2013
Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Discharged.
Mar 21, 2013
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Feb 27, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Feb 27, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
Feb 14, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Feb 14, 2013
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on July 8, 2013. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Three Kids Mine Remediation and Reclamation Act - (Sec. 3) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Henderson Redevelopment Agency of the city of Henderson, Nevada, all right, title, and interest of the United States of the approximately 948 identified acres of Bureau of Reclamation and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land within the Three Kids Mine Project Site (the federal land).

Requires the Henderson Redevelopment Agency to pay the fair market value, if any, for the federal land.

Directs the Secretary to determine the fair market value of the federal land based on an appraisal that does not take into account any existing contamination. Requires the Henderson Redevelopment Agency to reimburse the Secretary for appraisal costs.

Directs the Secretary to prepare a reasonable estimate of the costs to assess, remediate, and reclaim the Three Kids Mine Project Site.

Requires the Mine Remediation and Reclamation Agreement to be an enforceable consent order or agreement administered by the state.

(Sec. 4) Withdraws the federal land, for a 10-year period, beginning on the earlier of enactment, or on the date of conveyance, from: (1) entry, appropriation, operation, or disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) disposition under the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and the geothermal leasing laws.

Relinquishes and revokes, subject to valid existing rights, any withdrawal that includes any portion of the federal land for which the Bureau of Reclamation has no further need.

Declares that nothing in this Act diminishes, hinders, or interferes with the exclusive and perpetual use by existing rights holders of the operation, maintenance, and improvement of water conveyance infrastructure and facilities situated on the federal land constructed or permitted by the Bureau of Reclamation before the effective date of this Act.

(Sec. 5) Adjusts the boundary of the River Mountains Area of Critical Environmental Concern to exclude any portion of the Three Kids Mine Project Site.

(Sec. 6) Applies the responsibility for complying with the mine remediation and reclamation agreement executed under section 3, upon completion of the conveyance, to the responsible party and the state of Nevada. (Defines "responsible party" as the private sector entity designated by the Henderson Redevelopment Agency, and approved by the state, to complete the assessment, remediation, reclamation, and redevelopment of the Three Kids Mine Project Site.)

(Sec. 7) Makes the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act of 1998 inapplicable to land conveyed under this Act.

What's happening now July 25, 2014

Became Public Law No: 113-135.

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 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1