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HR 931 119th Congress House Energy Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Mining Montana

To allow certain Federal minerals to be mined consistent with the Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 4, 2025 Introduced by: Downing, Troy Republican · Montana See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 20, 2025
Subcommittee Hearings Held
May 13, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Feb 4, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Feb 4, 2025
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill authorizes coal to be mined on approximately 800 acres of federal land in Musselshell County, Montana. Specifically, it allows all federal coal reserves in such federal land and leased under Federal Coal Lease MTM 97988 to be mined in accordance with the 2020 Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification. The Bull Mountains Mine is operated by Signal Peak Energy.

This bill directs the Department of the Interior, without modification or delay, to approve the Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification to the extent necessary to mine such land.

What's happening now May 20, 2025

Subcommittee Hearings Held

 Hearings & markups 1
 Related & companion bills 1
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Lobbying activity 7

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

  • HOLLAND & HART LLP
    for GLOBAL MINING HOLDING COMPANY, LLC · Ohio · 3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30) 2025
  • NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION
    for NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30) 2025
  • NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION
    for NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2025
  • NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION
    for NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2025
  • HOLLAND & HART LLP
    for GLOBAL MINING HOLDING COMPANY, LLC · Ohio · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2025
  • EARTHJUSTICE ACTION
    for EARTHJUSTICE ACTION · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2025
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 931: To allow certain Federal minerals to be mined consistent with the Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification, and for other purposes.. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-931/
MLA
"H.R. 931: To allow certain Federal minerals to be mined consistent with the Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification, and for other purposes.." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-931/.
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H.R. 931, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-931/.
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[H.R. 931: To allow certain Federal minerals to be mined consistent with the Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-931/)
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