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HR 844 116th Congress House

Industrial Mineral Parity Act of 2019

Official title: To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to allow for modified permits for industrial minerals remining operations, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 29, 2019 See on congress.gov
Environmental Protection CoalLicensing and registrationsMiningWater quality
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 7, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Jan 29, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Jan 29, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 7, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Industrial Mineral Parity Act of 2019

This bill allows industrial mineral remining operations to obtain modified permits under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System to discharge certain pollutants into waters of the United States if pollution treatment requirements are met. The term industrial minerals means limestone, clay, sand, gravel, diatomite, kaolin, bentonite, silica, barite, gypsum, or talc. Currently, modified permits are limited to discharges from coal remining operations.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4628 Reintroduction of Industrial Mineral Parity Act of 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 844: Industrial Mineral Parity Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-844/
MLA
"H.R. 844: Industrial Mineral Parity Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-844/.
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H.R. 844, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-844/.
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