MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES

Addresses

Challenges Facing Mining Industry: Representative George Miller, 24904 [22SE]

Amendments

Nuclear energy: reclamation of mill tailings at active uranium and thorium processing sites (S. 1100), 10148, 10151 [28AP]

———viable domestic uranium industry (S. 1846), 37836 [21DE]

Analyses

Outer Continental Shelf Leasing Act Amendments (S. 1944), 35297 [11DE]

Uranium Revitalization and Tailings Reclamation Act (S. 1100), 10114 [28AP]

Articles and editorials

Alloying and Precious Metals—Canada's New $1 Coin Garners Positive Response From Public, 26177 [1OC]

Coal Miner's Daughter—Not Tough Enough? Representative Fawell, 26215 [1OC]

Glutted Markets—Global Overcapacity Hurts Many Industries, 9127-9131 [21AP]

Leadville as Mining Educational Center, 6687 [24MR]

Rocks and Rockets, 29894 [29OC]

Scientists Hope Drilling Will Get to Bottom of San Andreas Fault, 505 [6JA]

Swaps and Men, 10115 [28AP]

White Pine—A Model for the New Era?, 13271 [20MY]

Bills and resolutions

Abandoned mine reclamation: State funds (see H.R. 1963)

———trust fund (see S. 643)

Canada: tariff on expanded metal of base metal (see H.R. 1793)

Coal: enhance marketability (see H.R. 1065)

———facilitate national distribution and utilization (see S. 801)

———movement over public lands (see H.R. 1531)

Coins and coinage: requirement for use of gold refined in the U.S. (see H.R. 2816)

Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act: amend (see H.R. 1051)

Dept. of the Interior: sharing of amounts received from the National Forest System, geothermal and mineral lands leasing, and oil and gas royalties (see H.R. 1662)

———transfer mineral lease royalty collection functions to Dept. of the Treasury (see H.R. 2911)

Federal Coal Leasing Program: improve (see S. 1120)

Federal Competitive Coal Leasing Amendments Act: enact (see S. 1185)

Federal Lands Receipts Clarification Act: enact (see S. 1421)

Federal Mine Safety and Health Act: amend to permit State administration and enforcement of Federal standards (see H.R. 2373)

Federal Mineral Collection Efficiency Act: enact (see H.R. 2911)

Foreign trade: prohibit investments in U.S. by certain South African mining interests (see H.R. 3328)

Gorda Ridge Continental Shelf area: hard mineral leasing (see H.R. 787)

IMF: U.S. opposition to assistance funds used for production of commodities and minerals in surplus (see S. 220)

Mineral Lands Leasing Act: amend (see S. 1120; H.R. 512)

Minerals and Materials Fair Competition Act: enact (see S. 1042)

Mining Awareness Week: establish (see S. Res. 289)

National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum: charter (see S. 450; H.R. 958)

Nuclear energy: reclamation of mill tailings at active uranium and thorium processing sites (see S. 1100)

———viable domestic uranium industry (see S. 1846)

Occupational health and safety: exempt owner-operated mines form certain requirements (see H.R. 1042)

Oceanography: exploration and recovery of hard mineral resources on seabed (see H.R. 1260)

Oil shale patents: moratorium (see S. 597)

Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing Program: reform (see H.R. 2851)

Outer Continental Shelf Leasing Act: amend (see S. 1944)

Petroleum industry: competitive oil and gas leasing for onshore (see S. 66)

South Africa: prohibit U.S. importation of diamonds (see H.R. 1051)

Sports: portion of Federal mineral revenues to be used for sport fishing and hunting (see H.R. 3731)

States: funds for abandoned mine reclamation (see H.R. 1963)

Subsurface estates: resolve certain problems (see H.R. 2811)

Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: permit States to set aside up to 10% of annual allocation from abandoned mine land reclamation fund (see H.R. 1434)

Tariff: duty on tungsten ore (see S. 722)

———natural graphite (see S. 1210)

Taxation: exclude certain payments from abandoned mine reclamation fund (see H.R. 630)

———payments from abandoned mine reclamation fund (see S. 563)

Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Act: amend (see S. 1991)

Descriptions

Enrichment Service Corp., 10151 [28AP]

Reclamation of mill tailings at active uranium and thorium processing sites (S. 1100), 10151 [28AP]

Factsheets

National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum, 2631 [3FE]

What Phelps Dodge Means to New Mexico, 9127 [21AP]

Hearings

Committee on Appropriations (House): Bureau of Mines (testimony from Robert C. Horton), D139 [11MR]

———Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (testimony), D247 [8AP]

———Minerals Management Service budget (testimony), D263 [21AP]

———Office of Surface Mining (testimony), D174 [19MR]

Committee on Appropriations (Senate): Dept. of the Interior budget, focusing on the Bureau of Mines and the Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement (testimony), D287 [28AP]

———Dept. of the Interior budget funds for the Minerals Management Service and Office of Indian Education, D127 [10MR]

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: abandoned mine reclamation trust fund (S. 643) (testimony), D211 [31MR]

———status of domestic uranium mining industry and implementation of Dept. of Energy uranium enrichment program (testimony from Helmut A. Merklein, A. David Rossin, Edward M. Davis, Thomas Kuhn, Nolan Hancock, Robert Luke, Robert C. Steffy, Jr., Edward S. Christenbury, William S. Lee and J.D. Stephens), D151 [13MR]

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Bureau of Mines, BLM, and Minerals Management Service budget (testimony from Dallas L. Peck, Robert C. Horton, Robert F. Burford and William D. Bettenberg), D71 [19FE]

———Federal Coal Equity Act (H.R. 512) and Mineral Lands Leasing Act amendments (H.R. 1065) (testimony), D176 [19MR]

———Federal mineral valuations and collections, D305 [30AP]

———Federal mineral valuations and collections (testimony), D291 [28AP]

———Mineral Lands Leasing Act amendments (H.R. 1039), D120 [5MR]

———Mineral Lands Leasing Act amendments (H.R. 1039), (testimony from Robert F. Burford), D107 [3MR]

———Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (H.R. 1963) (testimony), D248 [8AP]

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Mine Safety and Health Administration (testimony from Alan C. McMillan, Rich Trumka, and John A. Knebel), D145 [12MR]

———mine safety issues, D284 [27AP]

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Bureau of Mines (testimony), D169 [18MR]

Letters

Abandoned mine land funds: Gary Beach, 25570 [29SE]

———Mike Sullivan, Governor of Wyoming, 25569 [29SE]

Continental Shelf Scientific Drilling Program, 504 [6JA]

Development of natural resources on Indian lands: Donald P. Hodel, Sec. of the Interior, 25473 [29SE]

Economic conditions: F.D. Owsley, 20179 [17JY]

Plant closing legislation: Bud Ogden, 18923 [8JY]

Preservation of Abandoned Mined Lands Program: Dept. of the Interior, 1896 [22JA]

Tax deduction for payments made under abandoned mine reclamation fund: Charlotte E. Baldwin, 3763 [19FE]

———Senator Ford, 3763 [19FE]

Uranium Revitalization, Tailings Reclamation and Enrichment Act: 24 Senators, 34549 [9DE]

Meetings

Committee on Agriculture: reversionary interest in land located in Putnam County, FL, and convey mineral interests of the U.S. in such land to Florida (H.R. 1205), D219 [1AP]

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: trust fund for abandoned mine reclamation (S. 643), D245 [8AP]

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: enhance marketability of domestic coal (H.R. 1065), D240 [7AP]

———Mineral Lands Leasing Act (H.R. 1039), Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (H.R. 278), and Big Cypress National Preserve Addition Act (H.R. 184), D168 [18MR]

———Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (H.R. 1963), D248 [8AP]

Memorials of legislature

Alaska, 22915 [6AU]

California, 23876 [14SE], 25417 [28SE]

Colorado, 12827 [19MY], 13739 [27MY]

Messages

Alaska's Mineral Resources: President Reagan, 3243 [10FE], 3382 [17FE]

Petitions

Safety laws: National Association of State Mine Inspection Agencies, 111 [6JA], 1229 [13JA]

Sale of strategic minerals: Bolivia's Chamber of Deputies, 3302 [11FE]

Remarks in House

Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Fund: effects of past mining in Wyoming, 4939 [5MR]

Abandoned mine reclamation: State funds (H.R. 1963), 9045-9048 [21AP]

———trust fund (H.R. 1963), 9045-9048 [21AP]

Abandoned Mined Lands Program: preserve (H.R. 630), 1896 [22JA]

Anti-Apartheid Act: extend import prohibitions, 36147 [17DE]

California: renew moratorium on offshore oil drilling, 10604 [29AP]

Canada: tariff on expanded metal of base metal (H.R. 1793), 6721 [25MR]

Clean coal technology, 20832 [22JY]

Coal: movement over public lands (H.R. 1531), 5219 [10MR]

Dept. of the Interior: Mineral Management Service product valuation guidelines, 18388 [30JN]

———sharing of amounts received from the National Forest System, geothermal and mineral lands leasing, and oil and gas royalties (H.R. 1662), 5995 [17MR], 9362 [22AP]

Exploitation: amend 1872 law, 35440 [11DE]

Foreign trade: to mining and milling industry, 4715 [3MR]

———U.S. policy, 22123 [3AU]

Indians: development of natural resources on tribal lands, 25473 [29SE]

Industry: challenges, 24904 [22SE]

Labor unions: John L. Lewis Day, 7679 [1AP]

Occupational health and safety: owner-operated mines safety exemptions (H.R. 1042), 3206 [5FE]

Ocean floor: mineral resources recovery (H.R. 1260), 4127 [25FE]

Ocean Mineral Resources Development Act: enact (H.R. 787), 2191 [28JA]

Oil shales: restrictions on certain claims (H.R. 1039), 14035 [28MY]

Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing Program: reform (H.R. 2851), 18371 [30JN]

Petroleum: oil shale claims (H.R. 1039), 14211-14213 [2JN], 16208 [16JN]

Public lands: mining and mineral resources, 17596 [25JN]

Royalty collection: Federal oil, gas, coal and mineral leases, 19280 [9JY]

South Africa: ban on uranium imports, 34724 [10DE], 35432 [11DE]

Sports: portion of Federal mineral revenues to be used for sport fishing and hunting (H.R. 3731), 34661 [9DE]

Subsurface estates: resolve certain problems (H.R. 2811), 17898 [26JN]

Tariff: silver (H.R. 2081), 9028 [10AP]

Taxation: preserve Abandoned Mined Lands Program (H.R. 630), 1896 [22JA]

Remarks in Senate

Abandoned mine reclamation: trust fund (S. 643), 4611 [3MR]

Continental Shelf: cooperation of certain agencies in implementing scientific drilling program (S. 52), 503 [6JA]

Federal Competitive Coal Leasing Act: amend (S. 1185), 12005 [12MY]

Federal Lands Receipts Clarification Act: enact (S. 1421), 17571 [25JN]

Foreign trade: assistance by international financial institutions for production of minerals in surplus, 18740 [7JY]-18762 [7JY]

———fair practices, 18853-18870 [8JY]

———impact of imports of potash, 4567 [3MR]

———limit economic assistance used for production of surplus commodities and minerals, 18511 [1JY]

Minerals and Materials Fair Competition Act: enact (S. 1042), 9121, 9132 [21AP]

Mining Awareness Week: designate (S. Res. 289), 25325, 25340 [25SE]

Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology: science and technology award, 29894 [29OC]

National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum: charter (S. 450), 2630 [3FE], 22973 [6AU]

New Mexico: potash production, 22976-22978 [6AU]

Nuclear energy: reclamation of mill tailings at active uranium and thorium processing sites (S. 1100), 10108, 10116 [28AP]

———viable domestic uranium industry (S. 1846), 34549 [9DE], 37836 [21DE]

Outer Continental Shelf Leasing Act: amend (S. 1944), 35295 [11DE]

Petroleum: moratorium on patenting of outstanding oil shale mining claims on public land (S. 597), 4320 [26FE]

Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: anniversary, 22387 [5AU]

Taxation: treatment of payments received from abandoned mine reclamation fund (S. 563), 3762 [19FE]

Reports

Tax Issues Concerning the Abandoned Mine Land Program: Dept. of the Interior, 3766, 3767 [19FE]

Reports filed

Abandoned Mine Reclamation: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 1963) (H. Rept. 100-59), 9081 [21AP]

Earthworks Hazards Reduction Act Appropriations: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (H.R. 1612) (S. Rept. 100-239), 34461 [9DE]

Mineral Lands Leasing Act: Committee on Rules (H.R. 1039; H. Res. 155) (H. Rept. 100-81), 11263 [5MY]

Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing Program Reform: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 2851) (H. Rept. 100-378), 28346 [19OC]

Restrictions on Certain Oil Shale Claims: Committee on Rules (H.R. 1039) (H. Rept. 100-81), consideration (H. Res. 155), 11254 [5MY]

Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (S. 643) (S. Rept. 100-37), 8955 [10AP]

Surface Mining Law—A Promise Yet To Be Fulfilled: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 100-183), 17436 [25JN]

Statements

California Moratorium on Offshore Oil Drilling: Dept. of the Interior, 10604 [29AP]

Innovative Changes in the Cooper Industry: Phelps Dodge Corp., 9126 [21AP]

Reduce Dependence on Strategic Mineral Resources: James Santini, 36147 [17DE]

Reserve Mining Co., MN: C. William Verity, Jr., 27423 [13OC]

Summaries

Federal Cave Resources Protection Act (H.R. 1975), 8108 [7AP]

Minerals and Materials Fair Competition Act (S. 1042), 9125 [21AP]

Tax Deduction for Payments Received From Abandoned Reclamation Mine Fund (S. 563), 3763 [19FE]

Surveys

Mining Law, 35440 [11DE]

Texts of

H. Res. 155, consideration of H.R. 1039, Mineral Land Leasing Act amendments, 14035 [28MY]

H.R. 1039, restrictions on certain oil shales claims, 14042 [28MY]

H.R. 2811, resolve certain problems relative to subsurface estates, 17898 [26JN]

S. 52, cooperation of certain agencies in implementing Continental Shelf Scientific Drilling Program, 504 [6JA]

S. 289, Mining Awareness Week, 25385 [26SE]

S. 563, tax treatment of payments received from abandoned mine reclamation fund, 3763 [19FE]

S. 1042, Minerals and Materials Fair Competition Act, 9123-9125 [21AP]

S. 1100, Uranium Revitalization and Tailings Reclamation Act, 10109-10114 [28AP]

S. 1421, Federal Lands Receipts Clarification Act, 17571 [25JN]

S. 1944, Outer Continental Shelf Leasing Act amendments, 35296 [11DE]

S. Res. 341, agreement on uranium trade, 34962 [10DE]