H.R. 1865 119th Congress House

Mining Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Prevention Act of 2025

Official title: To modify the requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands, consistent with the principles of self-initiation of mining claims, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 5, 2025 See on congress.gov

Energy

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Introduced in House

Mar 5, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Votes taken on this bill 3

Date	Chamber	What was voted on	Result	Yes–No
Dec 19, 2019	Senate · vote #415	On the Motion (Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment …	Agreed To	71–23	See who voted →
Dec 19, 2019	Senate · vote #414	On the Motion (Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: H.R. 186…	Agreed To	64–30	See who voted →
Dec 19, 2019	Senate · vote #413	On the Cloture Motion H.R. 1865	Agreed To	71–21	See who voted →

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Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Natural Resources Committee
House of Representatives

Lobbying activity 10

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION
for NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION
for NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION
for NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION
for NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)
NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION
for NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30)
NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION
for NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
10 filings
Interior, Dept of (DOI)
10 filings
SENATE
10 filings
Energy, Dept of
8 filings
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
8 filings
Executive Office of the President (EOP)
8 filings
Labor, Dept of (DOL)
8 filings
Treasury, Dept of
8 filings

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Cosponsors 1

Huffman, Jared

California · Mar 5, 2025

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1865: Mining Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Prevention Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1865/

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"H.R. 1865: Mining Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Prevention Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1865/.

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H.R. 1865, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1865/.

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