3.0.0 2750 2020-01-29T20:30:00Z 2020-01-29T20:30:00Z Senate S S 2008-03-12 110 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-03-12T19:59:16Z Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2007 110 2262 HR 2007-11-05 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Related bill CRS 2008-03-12 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2002-2006) IntroReferral 2008-03-12 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2001-2002) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-03-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA N Public Lands and Natural Resources Administrative fees Economics and Public Finance Environmental Protection Fines (Penalties) Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government trust funds Law Mine wastes Mining claims Mining royalties Reclamation of land Tunnels Water Resources Development Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2008-03-12 Introduced in Senate 2008-04-23T15:51:06Z Abandoned Mine Reclamation Act of 2008 - Applies this Act to any mining claim, millsite claim, or tunnel site claim: (1) located under the general mining laws; or (2) used for beneficiation or mineral processing activities, regardless of whether legal and beneficial title to the mineral is held by the United States.

Subjects production of locatable minerals from any mining claim, including mineral concentrates or products derived from such minerals, to a royalty of 8% of the gross income from mining.

Imposes a 4% royalty upon federal lands subject to an existing operations permit and producing valuable locatable minerals in commercial quantities.

Establishes a civil penalty for failure to comply with royalty requirements, including underreporting.

Requires a hardrock mining claim maintenance fee and a location fee for each unpatented mining claim, mill, or tunnel site on federally owned lands, whether located before, on, or after enactment of this Act.

Establishes a fee for transfer of ownership of an unpatented mining claim, mill, or tunnel site.

Requires each operator of a hardrock minerals mining operation to pay a reclamation fee of 0.3 % of the gross income of the hardrock minerals mining operation for each calendar year.

Establishes the Abandoned Mine Cleanup Fund for reclamation and restoration of land and water resources adversely affected by past mineral activities on certain federal lands. Requires deposit in the Fund of all royalties, fees, and civil penalties.

]]> Abandoned Mine Reclamation Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Abandoned Mine Reclamation Act of 2008 Display Title Abandoned Mine Reclamation Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill 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 in Senate 2008-03-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2750is/xml/BILLS-110s2750is.xml 2008-03-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2002-2006) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.