MINING AND MINERAL RESOURCES related term(s) Bureau of Mines

Addresses

Law of the Sea Convention: Senator Pell, S2266 [7FE]

Analyses

Recover Fair Market Value for Disposal of Federal Natural Assets (H.R. 721), E204 [27JA]

Articles and editorials

Big Agriculture Also Drains the Federal Till, E769 [4AP]

Bury This in Grant's Tomb, E587 [14MR]

Mysteries of the Deep—The Last Frontier, S12396-S12398 [11AU]

Bills and resolutions

Black Lung Benefits Act: improve (see H.R. 754), H969 [31JA]

Coal: control of acidic drainage from abandoned mines (see S. 1479), S18662 [14DE]

Colorado: designate certain public lands and minerals for military use (see H.R. 256), H170 [9JA]

Dept. of the Interior: establish Minerals Management Service (see H.R. 1813), S8380 [14JN], H5756 [9JN]

———prohibit expenditures on mid-Atlantic coast offshore oil and gas lease sales (see H.R. 1778), H5691 [7JN]

Land Remote Sensing Policy Act: revise (see S. 625), S4657 [27MR]

Land use: locatable minerals on public domain lands (see S. 504, 639; H.R. 357), S3521 [6MR], S4717 [28MR], H173 [9JA]

Marine resources: promote research, identification, assessment and exploration of marine mineral resources (see S. 1194), S12370 [11AU]

National forests: clarify regulations for ski area permit issuance and the suspension of mineral leasing laws in ski areas (see H.R. 1527), H4441 [1MY]

Natural resources: recover fair market value for disposal of Federal natural assets (see H.R. 721), H839 [27JA]

Oceans: establish an ocean protection zone along the California coast (see S. 894), S8034 [8JN]

Petroleum: lease lands within the naval oil shale reserves to private entities for the development of oil and natural gas (see H.R. 817, 887), H1207 [3FE], H1555 [9FE]

———management of royalties from Federal and Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leases (see S. 1014; H.R. 1975), S9517 [30JN], H6697 [30JN]

Power resources: leasing of certain lands for oil and gas purposes (see S. 263), S1442 [24JA]

———provide tax credit for the production of oil and natural gas from marginal and new wells (see S. 32; H.R. 577, 985, 987), S48 [4JA], H399 [19JA], H1907 [16FE]

———tax credit for fuels produced by offshore deep-water projects (see S. 35; H.R. 576), S48 [4JA], H399 [19JA]

Public lands: land exchange between Arkansas and Oklahoma (see S. 1025), S9802 [12JY]

———provide for royalty payments and specify reclamation requirements for mining activities on Federal lands (see S. 506; H.R. 1580), S3603 [7MR], H4617 [9MY]

States: provide exclusive jurisdiction over regulation of surface coal mining within their borders (see S. 1401; H.R. 2372), S16821 [8NO], H9451 [21SE]

Taxation: eliminate the percentage depletion allowance for asbestos, lead, mercury, and uranium (see S. 1022), S9717 [11JY]

———provide equivalent rates on liquefied natural gas and compressed natural gas (see H.R. 2812), H15135 [19DE]

———treatment of certain subsidies relative to energy and natural resources (see H.R. 2315), H8806 [12SE]

Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 341), S2034 [2FE]

West Virginia: preservation of coal mining heritage (see H.R. 1188), H2988 [9MR]

White Sands Missile Range, NM: provide appropriate compensation for the real property and mining claims taken for establishment (see S. 339; H.R. 806), S2034 [2FE], H1157 [2FE]

Letters

Mine safety: Jacob L. Vowell, E1629 [4AU]

Mining patent claim moratorium: Representatives George Miller and Yates, H12384 [15NO]

Moratorium on mining patent claims: Thomas A. Schatz and Joe Winkelmann, Citizens Against Government Waste, H9688 [29SE]

Messages

Alaska's Mineral Resources: President Clinton, S5072 [3AP], H4044 [3AP]

Press releases

H.R. 1977 Still Fatally Flawed: John Kostyack and Cathy Carlson, National Wildlife Federation, H12384 [15NO]

Remarks in House

Coal Mine Health and Safety Act: anniversary, E741 [30MR]

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House): clean water and mine safety legislation, H4417 [7AP]

Health: budget treatment of benefits to retired coal miners and their dependents, H12157 [13NO], E2044 [26OC]

———health care benefits for miners, H9510 [27SE]

Land use: locatable minerals on public domain lands (H.R. 357), E26 [4JA], E587 [14MR]

Mine Safety Administration: funding, H8224 [2AU]

Mine Safety and Health Act: anniversary, H3885 [29MR]

Natural resources: recover fair market value for disposal of Federal natural assets (H.R. 721), E204 [27JA], E769 [4AP]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: combine the functions of OSHA and the Mine Safety Health Administration, H6386-H6388 [27JN]

Petroleum: management of royalties from Federal and Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leases (H.R. 1975), E1385 [30JN]

———production of oil and gas resources in the Gulf of Mexico, H11867-H11881 [8NO]

Power resources: provide tax credit for U.S. production of oil and gas (H.R. 985), E379, E381 [16FE]

Public lands: moratorium on mining patent claims, H9685-H9695 [29SE]

———moratorium on mining patents claims, H8708, H8709 [8SE], H9641, H9663 [28SE], H12383, H12386, H12389, H12397-H12403 [15NO]

———provide for royalty payments and specify reclamation requirements for mining activities on Federal lands, E2371 [14DE]

———reform of mining laws, H4676 [10MY]

———specify reclamation requirements for mining activities on Federal lands, H10806 [25OC]

Research: domestic self sufficiency, E1603 [3AU]

Safety: exempt aircraft, mines, and nuclear waste disposal from moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions, H2187-H2192 [24FE]

States: provide exclusive jurisdiction over regulation of surface coal mining within their borders (H.R. 2372), E1831 [21SE]

Summitville, CO: cleanup of the Alamoosa Creek, H2400, H2475 [1MR]

Taxation: treatment of certain subsidies relative to energy and natural resources (H.R. 2315), E1759, E1761 [12SE]

Remarks in Senate

Coal: control of acidic drainage from abandoned mines (S. 1479), S18663 [14DE]

Denali National Park and Preserve: grant the University of Alaska a special use permit and assess damages at mine site, S12023 [9AU]

Dept. of the Interior: establish Minerals Management Service (S. 921), S8382 [14JN]

Government regulations: mine and occupational safety and health exemptions from certain cost-benefit analysis and risk assessments, S9962-S9970 [14JY]

Health: budget treatment of benefits to retired coal miners and their dependents, S16037 [27OC]

Land use: locatable minerals on public domain lands (S. 504), S3522-S3537 [6MR]

———locatable minerals on public domain lands (S. 639), S4728 [28MR]

Law of the Sea Convention: ratification, S2266 [7FE]

Marine resources: promote research, identification, assessment and exploration of marine mineral resources (S. 1194), S12395-S12399 [11AU]

Monuments and memorials: use of South Dakota granite in construction of Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial, S4988 [31MR]

Natural resources: recover fair market value for disposal of Federal natural assets, S16027 [27OC]

Oceans: establish an ocean protection zone along the California coast (S. 894), S8034 [8JN]

Petroleum: management of royalties from Federal and Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leases, S17295, S17311 [17NO]

———management of royalties from Federal and Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leases (S. 1014), S9537 [30JN]

———production of oil and gas resources in the Gulf of Mexico, S16036, S16037 [27OC]

Power resources: leasing of certain lands for oil and gas purposes (S. 263), S1443 [24JA]

———provide tax credit for the production of oil and natural gas from marginal and new wells (S. 32), S226, S228 [4JA]

———tax credit for fuels produced by offshore deep-water projects (S. 35), S226-S228 [4JA]

Public lands: land exchange between Arkansas and Oklahoma (S. 1025), S9806, S9809 [12JY]

———moratorium on mining patent claims, S16382 [31OC]

———moratorium on mining patents claims, S16752 [7NO]

———provide for royalty payments and specify reclamation requirements for mining activities on Federal lands, S11866-S11877 [8AU], S18603-S18605 [14DE]

———provide for royalty payments and specify reclamation requirements for mining activities on Federal lands (S. 506), S3604 [7MR], S3666-S3669 [8MR]

———treatment of mineral assessments, S18610 [14DE]

States: provide exclusive jurisdiction over regulation of surface coal mining within their borders (S. 1401), S16821 [8NO]

Taxation: eliminate percentage depletion allowance for certain mineral substances, S16030 [27OC]

———eliminate the percentage depletion allowance for asbestos, lead, mercury, and uranium (S. 1022), S9718, S9719 [11JY]

———Federal mining operations tax rates, S18315 [11DE]

Twin Cities Research Center: funding, S18609 [14DE]

White Sands Missile Range, NM: provide appropriate compensation for the real property and mining claims taken for establishment (S. 339), S2055 [2FE]

Reports filed

Designate Certain Colorado Public Lands and Minerals for Military Use: Committee on National Security (House) (H.R. 256) (H. Rept. 104-28), H1751 [14FE]

———Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 256) (H. Rept. 104-28), H1610 [10FE]

Land Remote Sensing Policy Act Revisions: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 625) (S. Rept. 104-81), S6687 [15MY]

Tables

Revenue impact of deep water royalty relief, S16037 [27OC]

Texts of

S. 504, Mineral Exploration and Development Act, S3524-S3535 [6MR]

S. 894, California Ocean Protection Act, S8035 [8JN]

S. 1014, Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Simplification and Fairness Act, S9537-S9540 [30JN]

S. 1022, eliminate the percentage depletion allowance for asbestos, lead, mercury, and uranium relative to taxation, S9719 [11JY]

S. 1025, mining interest and land exchange between Arkansas and Oklahoma, S9807 [12JY]

S. 1479, Acid Mine Drainage Abatement Act, S18663 [14DE]