S 5294
117th Congress
Senate
Environmental Protection
Legacy Mine Cleanup Act of 2022
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 19, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Dec 19, 2022
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Legacy Mine Cleanup Act of 2022
This bill establishes the Office of Mountains, Deserts, and Plains within the Environmental Protection Agency. The office must address abandoned hardrock mines, including by (1) establishing and annually updating a list of abandoned hardrock mine sites that are prioritized for response actions, and (2) updating every five years an interagency plan to carry out response actions at Navajo Nation abandoned uranium mine sites.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1