3.0.0 1796 2023-01-11T13:27:42Z 2023-01-11T13:27:42Z House HR 2015-04-15 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 54 (Wednesday, April 15, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. McCOLLUM:H.R. 1796.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, which gives Congress thepower ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and properfor carrying into Execution the foregoing powers.''[Page H2269]]]> hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii06 Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee Referred to 2015-04-30T21:47:03Z Referred to 2015-04-15T14:00:45Z National Park and Wilderness Waters Protection Forever Act 114 2072 HR 2015-05-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. Related bill CRS 2015-04-30 hsii06 Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. Committee 2015-04-15 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2015-04-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2015-04-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001143 Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] BETTY MCCOLLUM D MN 4 N Public Lands and Natural Resources Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Lakes and rivers Licensing and registrations Metals Mining Minnesota Parks, recreation areas, trails Water quality Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2015-04-15 Introduced in House 2015-08-19T19:11:29Z National Park and Wilderness Waters Protection Act

Withdraws federal lands within the Rainy River Drainage Basin in Minnesota from all forms of: (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) operation under the mineral leasing and mineral material laws.

Deems the approval of any lease or permit in the Basin involving activities related to mineral production to be a major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment. Requires an environmental impact statement conducted for such an action to include consideration of any potential impacts to units of the National Park System (NPS) or land in the National Wilderness Preservation System (NWPS) located in the Basin. Conditions the issuance or renewal of any such lease or permit on a requirement that the permittee or lessee seasonally monitor water quality throughout the Basin. Requires all mining activities to be suspended if any mining related contamination is detected in any NPS unit or NWPS land in the Basin until all contamination has been remediated.

Bars a federal agency from approving any mining related activities in the Basin until the entity holding a lease or permit for that activity has submitted: (1) an acceptable contamination remediation plan, and (2) a full reclamation and performance bond sufficient to return the affected area to its original condition and treat any potential contamination for 50 years following the conclusion of any mining activities.

Exempts existing sand, gravel, and granite operations in the Basin.

]]> National Park and Wilderness Waters Protection Act Display Title National Park and Wilderness Waters Protection Act Official Title as Introduced To withdraw all Federal land located within the Rainy River Drainage Basin in Minnesota from all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws, location, entry, and patent under the mining laws and operation under the mineral leasing laws, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced National Park and Wilderness Waters Protection Act Introduced in House 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr1796ih/xml/BILLS-114hr1796ih.xml 2015-04-30 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. 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.