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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.

Introduced: March 5, 2025 Introduced by: Ben Ray Luján Democratic · New Mexico See on congress.gov
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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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What's happening now March 12, 2025

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-46.

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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/
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"S. 859: Mining Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Prevention Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-859/.
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S. 859, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-859/.
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