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S 154 114th Congress Senate Public Lands and Natural Resources Mining Public contracts and procurement

Mineral Materials Contracts Termination Act

Introduced: January 13, 2015 Introduced by: Heinrich, Martin Democratic · New Mexico See on congress.gov
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Mineral Materials Contracts Termination Act

Amends the Materials Act of 1947 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to terminate a mineral materials contract and to return to the contract holder any bid deposit and performance bond paid to the Bureau of Land Management if the contract holder submits a request to terminate the contract before production is initiated and before any surface disturbance has occurred.

States that the contract holder's acceptance of the amount returned by the Secretary to terminate the contract constitutes: (1) full and final settlement of the contract, and (2) an agreement not to bring a civil action against the United States with respect to it.

What's happening now January 13, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 154: Mineral Materials Contracts Termination Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-154/
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"S. 154: Mineral Materials Contracts Termination Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-154/.
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S. 154, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-154/.
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