S. 859
119th Congress
Senate
Mining Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Prevention Act of 2025
Official title: A bill to modify the requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain land, and for other purposes.
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Civil actions and liabilityColoradoCongressional oversightEnergy revenues and royaltiesEnvironmental healthFederal preemptionFederal-Indian relationsForests, forestry, treesFraud offenses and financial crimesGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsGovernment trust fundsIdahoIndian lands and resources rightsJudicial review and appealsLand use and conservationLicensing and registrationsMiningMontanaNevadaNew MexicoNorth DakotaNuclear powerOregonSouth DakotaUtahWashington StateWater qualityWilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitatsWyoming
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 12, 2025
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-46.
Mar 5, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Mar 5, 2025
Introduced in Senate
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Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-46.
Bill text
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Committees of jurisdiction
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Lobbying activity
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- NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION
- AMERICAN EXPLORATION & MINING ASSOCIATION
- EARTHWORKS
- EARTHWORKS
- NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION
- AMERICAN EXPLORATION & MINING ASSOCIATION
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Interior, Dept of (DOI)
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Energy, Dept of
- White House Office
- Executive Office of the President (EOP)
- Labor, Dept of (DOL)
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 859: Mining Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Prevention Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-859/
"S. 859: Mining Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Prevention Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-859/.
S. 859, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-859/.
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