Failed in the House on December 18, 2025 · 205 Yea, 213 Nay, 15 Not Voting
Question: On Motion to Recommit: H R 1366 Mining Regulatory Clarity Act
In plain English: This bill allows mining companies to use federal land for waste disposal sites, even if the land itself isn't valuable for mining. It also creates a fund for cleaning up old, abandoned mines, using fees collected from these new disposal sites.
Mining Regulatory Clarity Act This bill allows mining operators to use federal lands for activities ancillary to mining, such as waste disposal, regardless of whether those lands contain mineral deposits valuable enough to be mined (mineral validity). It also establishes the Abandoned Hardrock Mine Fund. The bill addresses a 2022 decision in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit related to the Rosemont Copper Mine in Arizona (commonly known as the Rosemont decision, described further…