MINING

Amendments

Strategic materials: uranium enrichment program (S. 210), S7614, S7677 [12JN]

Analyses

Disposition of Minerals on Public Lands (H.R. 2614), E2158-E2160 [11JN]

Mineral Exploration and Development Act (H.R. 918), E433-E435 [6FE]

Articles and editorials

Big Labor's Agenda—Mandated Benefits, S1641 [5FE]

Copper Mining Test Unveiled, E2803 [1AU]

Copper's Comeback Buoys Economy Just When Arizona Needs It the Most—Higher Productivity Prices Spark Rebound, E393 [4FE]

1872 + 119=Trouble—Federal Mining Law is Frontier Relic, E2129 [10JN]

Fighting for a Northern Treasure, S15419 [29OC]

Japan Shifts Policy on Antarctic Mining, S5066 [25AP]

Let's Hunt for Oil—It's Time To Drill Alaska's Refuge, S760-S762 [14JA]

Mining Law Needs Reform, E2129 [10JN]

Oil and Caribou Can Mix, S760, S763 [14JA]

Overhaul 1872 Mine Law, E1388 [23AP]

Tatshenshini River—Saving the Heartland of a Great Wilderness, S15420-S15422 [29OC]

Wildlife or Oil?, S760 [14JA]

Bills and resolutions

Alaska: lease of public lands within North Slope for oil and gas exploration (see S. 109, S437 [14JA])

Benefits: use of black lung benefit trusts for retirees' health care benefits (see H.R. 3042, H5909 [25JY])

Black Lung Benefits Act: adjudication of claims (see H.R. 3003, H5744 [23JY])

———improve (see H.R. 1637, H2084 [22MR])

Business and industry: establish a commission to study laws and procedures (see S. 785, S4229 [9AP])

Coal: assistance to small surface mine operators (see S. 528, S2507 [28FE])

———Federal lease royalty rates (see S. 907, S4837 [23AP])

———management of Federal resources (see H.R. 693, H780 [29JA])

Coal miners: review of claims under the Black Lung Benefits Act (see H.R. 1116, H1162 [26FE])

Coronado National Forest: withdraw certain lands from mining and mineral leasing laws (see H.R. 2790, H5209 [26JN])

Ecology and environment: protection of water resources during coal operations (see H.R. 3052, H5909 [25JY])

Federal employees: apply certain early-out retirement opportunities to mine safety and health inspectors (see H.R. 583, H605 [18JA])

Federal Mine Safety and Health Act: early delivery of certain benefit checks (see H.R. 799, H889 [5FE])

Geological Survey: production of geologic-map information (see S. 1179, S6655 [23MY])

Health: use of black lung benefit trusts for medical care costs of retired miners (see S. 541, S2618 [5MR])

Land use: procedures for entry on to livestock grazing lands (see S. 1187, S6858 [24MY])

Leases: continuation of certain on mineral estates (see H.R. 3421, H6940 [26SE])

Mineral leases: State jurisdiction over submerged lands (see H.R. 536, H529 [16JA])

Mineral Leasing Act: amend (see H.R. 480, H385 [11JA])

Minerals: disposition on Federal lands (see H.R. 2614, H4283 [11JN])

Natural gas: development of coalbed methane gas (see H.R. 2998, H5744 [23JY])

Natural resources: establish a commission to study existing laws and procedures relative to mining, other than coal mining (see H.R. 2635, H4549 [13JN])

Patents: certain oil shale claims (see H.R. 3167, H6316 [1AU])

Pensions: disability benefits claims for certain coal miners (see H.R. 115, H57 [3JA])

Power resources: leases of certain lands for oil and gas purposes (see H.R. 3168, H6316 [1AU])

———promote coal and other extractive resources (see H.R. 1078, H1136 [21FE])

Public lands: disposition of certain minerals (see S. 433, S2005 [20FE])

———establish topsoil replacement programs (see H.R. 227, H60 [3JA])

———mineral claims (see H.R. 918, H991 [6FE])

———treatment of mineral materials (see S. 1443, S9490 [10JY])

Reclamation Reform Act: amend (see S. 1501, S10442 [18JY])

Strategic materials: reorganize the uranium enrichment enterprise (see H.R. 788, H854 [4FE])

———uranium enrichment program (see S. 210, S544 [15JA])

Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: small surface coal mine operator assistance (see H.R. 3385, H6797 [24SE])

Taxation: health care for coal industry retirees (see H.R. 4013, H11887 [26NO])

Unemployment: supplemental benefits for coal miners (see H.R. 514, H386 [11JA])

Water: improve quality flowing from the Leadville Mine, CO drainage tunnel and the Upper Arkansas River Basin (see H.R. 484, H385 [11JA])

Documents

Dual taxation of energy and mineral resources on tribal lands, S15860 [4NO]

Explanations

Development of coalbed methane gas (H.R. 2998), E2652 [23JY]

Letters

Antarctic environment: several Senators, S5066 [25AP]

Comprehensive Uranium Act cost estimates: CBO, S7061 [5JN]

Copar Pumice Mining Co.: New Mexico Mining Association, H11079 [23NO]

Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Program: Dept. of Energy, S3558 [19MR]

———Senator Wirth, S3558 [19MR]

Memorials of legislature

Alaska, S10040 [15JY], H5340 [10JY]

Colorado, S8006 [18JN], H4098 [6JN]

Nebraska, H5267 [27JN]

Nevada, S8589 [25JN], H4867 [20JN]

North Dakota, S6920 [3JN], H2261 [16AP]

Messages

Alaska's Mineral Resources: President Bush, S2506 [28FE]

Remarks in House

Black Lung Benefits Act: improve (H.R. 1637), E1110 [22MR]

Broward County, FL: environmental impact report requirements prior to leasing of mineral rights, H5706-H5708 [23JY]

Coal: management of Federal resources (H.R. 693), E329 [29JA]

Coal miners: review of claims under the Black Lung Benefits Act (H.R. 1116), E647 [26FE]

Coronado National Forest: withdraw certain lands from mining and mineral leasing laws (H.R. 2790), H10595-H10597 [19NO]

Courts: prosecute coal companies and their executives that falsify data on dust samples, H8131 [22OC]

Economy: impact of environmental protection legislation, H11383-H11386 [26NO]

Employment: impact of environmental protection legislation of the workforce, H11371, H11372 [26NO]

Federal employees: apply certain early-out retirement opportunities to mine safety and health inspectors (H.R. 583), E223 [18JA]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H5081 [26JN]

Minerals: disposition on public lands (H.R. 2614), E2158 [11JN]

Natural gas: development of coalbed methane gas (H.R. 2998), E2651 [23JY]

Natural resources: establish a commission to study existing laws and procedures relative to mining, other than coal mining (H.R. 2635), E2208 [13JN]

Power resources: promote coal and other extractive resources (H.R. 1078), E564 [21FE]

Public lands: mineral claims (H.R. 918), E433 [6FE], E2129 [10JN]

Research: new copper mining technique, E2803 [1AU]

Taxation: health care provisions for coal industry retirees (H.R. 4013), H11457 [26NO]

Remarks in Senate

Alaska: lease of public lands within North Slope for oil and gas exploration (S. 109), S759, S762 [14JA]

Antarctic regions: environmental protection treaty, S8558 [25JN]

Business and industry: establish a commission to study laws and procedures (S. 785), S4236 [9AP]

Coal: assistance to small surface mine operators (S. 528), S2518 [28FE]

———Federal lease royalty rates (S. 907), S4888 [23AP]

Dept. of Labor: advisory commission report on United Mine Workers of America and Bituminous Coal Operators Association retiree benefits, S1640 [5FE]

Economy: industrial expansion, S2057-S2059 [21FE]

Geological Survey: production of geologic-map information (S. 1179), S6740 [23MY]

Health: use of black lung benefit trusts for medical care costs of retired miners (S. 541), S2624 [5MR]

Land use: procedures for entry on to livestock grazing lands (S. 1187), S18279 [26NO]

———procedures for entry onto livestock grazing lands (S. 1187), S6862 [24MY]

National objectives: comprehensive energy security policy, S1944 [20FE]

Natural resources: development, S7230 [5JN]

Patents: moratorium, S15670 [31OC]

Public lands: disposition of certain minerals (S. 433), S2015-S2018 [20FE]

Reclamation Reform Act: amend (S. 1501), S10453, S10456 [18JY]

States: administrative costs payable for Federal mineral leasing programs, S12919 [12SE]

Strategic materials: uranium enrichment program (S. 210), S545 [15JA], S962 [16JA], S7243 [5JN], S7604, S7614 [12JN]

———uranium enrichment program (S. 210), CBO cost estimates, S7061 [5JN]

Tatshenshini River: ecological impact of proposed copper mine, S15419 [29OC]

Taxation: dual taxation of energy and mineral resources on tribal lands, S15859 [4NO]

Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Program: funding, S3558 [19MR], S4108 [22MR]

Reports filed

Federal Uranium Enrichment Program: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (S. 210) (S. Rept. 102-63), S6652 [23MY]

———Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (S. 210) (S. Rept. 102-63), correction, S7849 [13JN]

Procedures for Entry Onto Stock Raising Homestead Act Lands: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (S. 1187) (S. Rept. 102-218), S16847 [15NO]

Production of Geologic-Map Information in the U.S. Through Cooperation of Federal, State and Academic Participants: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (S. 1179) (S. Rept. 102-217), S16847 [15NO]

Withdrawal of Certain Lands of the Coronado National Forest From Mining and Mineral Leasing Laws: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 2790) (H. Rept. 102-334), H10543 [19NO]

Summaries

Black Lung Benefits Act Improvements (H.R. 1637), E1110 [22MR]

Dual Taxation of Energy and Mineral Resources on Tribal Lands, S15860 [4NO]

Mining Law Reform Act (S. 433), S2023 [20FE]

Tables

States from which Alaska miners purchase mining supplies, S15670 [31OC]

Texts of

H.R. 2790, Cave Creek Canyon Protection Act, H10595 [19NO]

H.R. 2998, development of coalbed methane gas, E2652-E2654 [23JY]

S. 210, Comprehensive Uranium Act, S7615-S7624 [12JN]

S. 210, uranium enrichment program, S546-S554 [15JA]

S. 433, Mining Law Reform Act, S2018-S2023 [20FE]

S. 1179, Geologic Mapping Act, S6741-S6743 [23MY]

S. 1187, procedures for entry onto livestock grazing lands, S6863 [24MY]

S. 1187, procedures for mineral entry on to livestock grazing lands, S18279-S18281 [26NO]

S. 1501, Reclamation Reform Act amendment, S10454 [18JY]