MINING AND MINERAL RESOURCES

Amendments

Dept. of the Interior: incorporate surface mining stream buffer zone rule into State programs (H.R. 2824), H2629, H2630 [25MR]

——— incorporate surface mining stream buffer zone rule into State programs (H.R. 2824), consideration (H. Res. 501), H2207 [6MR]

Power resources: increase domestic onshore and offshore energy exploration and production and streamline and improve energy permitting and administration (H.R. 4899), H5773, H5782, H5783, H5786, H5787, H5788, H5789, H5790, H5792, H5794, H5797 [26JN]

——— increase domestic onshore and offshore energy exploration and production and streamline and improve energy permitting and administration (H.R. 4899), consideration (H. Res. 641), H5740 [25JN]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), S6454 [9DE], S6791, S6792 [12DE], S6924 [16DE]

Articles and editorials

China Still Dominates Rare-Earth Processing, H6596 [22JY]

Bills and resolutions

BLM: convey certain public land in and around historic mining townsites in Nevada (see S. 2566), S4271 [8JY]

——— incorporate needs and input of affected communities before taking any travel management action affecting access to public lands (see H.R. 5598), H7884 [18SE]

——— require payment to each county a portion of mining royalties received for mining operations in such county (see H.R. 4369), H2853 [2AP]

Coal: establish a worker adjustment assistance program to provide assistance and job retraining for workers who have lost their jobs due to unplanned closures of coal and coal-dependent industries (see H.R. 5529), H7882 [18SE]

Dept. of Labor: ensure that claims for benefits under the Black Lung Benefits Act are processed in a fair and timely manner and protect miners from pneumoconiosis (black lung disease) (see S. 2959), S6205 [20NO] (see H.R. 5751), H8169 [20NO]

Dept. of the Interior: incorporate surface mining stream buffer zone rule into State programs (H.R. 2824), consideration (see H. Res. 501), H2198 [5MR]

——— provide for the termination of certain mineral materials contracts (see S. 3016), S6788 [12DE]

——— provide with a mechanism to cancel certain Soledad Canyon, CA, mining contracts and allow for the sale of certain lands to compensate the contract holders (see S. 2938), S6095 [18NO] (see H.R. 5742), H8132 [19NO]

——— retire coal preference right lease applications for which an affirmative commercial quantities determination have been made (see H.R. 5176), H6744 [23JY]

——— take lands and mineral rights on the reservation of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of Montana and other culturally important lands into trust (see S. 2256), S2406 [11AP] (see S. 2442), S3474 [5JN] (see H.R. 4350), H2801 [1AP]

EPA: clarify and confirm authority to deny or restrict the use of a defined area as a dredged or fill material disposal site (see S. 2156), S1731 [25MR]

——— disapprove rule establishing new source performance standards to limit greenhouse gas emissions from new powerplants (see S.J. Res. 30), S439 [16JA]

——— provide guidance and clarification relative to issuance and renewal of coal mining permits for dredged or fill material (see H.R. 5077), H6135 [11JY]

Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act: amend (see S. 2132), S1652 [13MR]

National Rare Earth Refinery Cooperative: establish (see S. 2006), S821 [6FE]

National Rare-Earth Refinery Cooperative: establish (see H.R. 4883), H5398 [17JN]

Nevada: provide for withdrawal of certain Federal land in Garden Valley (see S. 2820), S5628 [16SE]

Nuclear weapons: designate a national day of remembrance for workers of the U.S. nuclear weapons program (see S. Res. 417), S2239 [8AP]

Power resources: contribute to national security and achieve domestic energy independence by producing more energy from all sources (see H.R. 3895), H1240 [16JA]

——— increase domestic onshore and offshore energy exploration and production and streamline and improve energy permitting and administration (see H.R. 4899), H5556 [19JN]

——— increase domestic onshore and offshore energy exploration and production and streamline and improve energy permitting and administration (H.R. 4899), consideration (see H. Res. 641), H5723 [24JN]

Public lands: modify requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands consistent with the principles of self-initiation of mining claims (see H.R. 5060), H6105 [10JY]

Safety: fund additional Brookwood-Sago Mine Safety Grants for programs that provide hands-on mine safety skills training and certification in mine rescue and mine emergency response (see H.R. 4606), H4015 [8MY]

Space policy: promote development of a commercial asteroid resources industry for outer space and increase exploration and utilization of asteroid resources in outer space (see H.R. 5063), H6105 [10JY]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (see H.R. 5771), H8225 [1DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), consideration (see H. Res. 766), H8272 [2DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), correction in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 124), H9044 [10DE]

Lists

Groups opposed to H.R. 687, Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act, H8375 [4DE]

Tribes and tribal organizations opposed to H.R. 687, Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act, H8374 [4DE]

Tribes and tribal organizations with resolutions/letters opposed to Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act in the 112th Congress, H8375 [4DE]

Motions

Dept. of the Interior: incorporate surface mining stream buffer zone rule into State programs (H.R. 2824), H2633 [25MR]

Power resources: increase domestic onshore and offshore energy exploration and production and streamline and improve energy permitting and administration (H.R. 4899), H5804 [26JN]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), S6823 [15DE], S6869 [16DE], H8341 [3DE]

Remarks in House

Arizona: facilitate efficient extraction of mineral resources in southeast Arizona by authorizing and directing an exchange of Federal and non-Federal land, H8374, H8375 [4DE]

Coal: prioritize hiring of veterans and individuals receiving unemployment compensation and utilize equipment and materials manufactured in the U.S. for mining operations, H2633 [25MR]

Dept. of Energy: develop an energy critical elements program, a rare earth materials program, and amend the National Materials Minerals Policy, Research and Development Act (H.R. 1022), H6592–H6597 [22JY], H6846 [25JY]

Dept. of the Interior: direct certain revenue from increasing energy exploration and production and streamlining energy permitting to CFTC to limit excessive speculation in energy markets, H5797, H5798 [26JN]

——— establish goals for an all-of-the-above energy production plan strategy on onshore Federal lands, H5755 [25JN]

——— incorporate surface mining stream buffer zone rule into State programs, H7848 [18SE]

——— incorporate surface mining stream buffer zone rule into State programs (H.R. 2824), H2086 [28FE], H2621–H2635 [25MR], H2671 [26MR], H5254 [11JN], E518 [4AP]

——— incorporate surface mining stream buffer zone rule into State programs (H.R. 2824), consideration (H. Res. 501), H2202–H2208 [6MR]

——— incorporate surface mining stream buffer zone rule into State programs (H.R. 2824), motion to recommit, H2633 [25MR]

——— provide with a mechanism to cancel certain Soledad Canyon, CA, mining contracts and allow for the sale of certain lands to compensate the contract holders (H.R. 5742), H9050–H9053 [11DE]

——— streamline and ensure onshore energy permitting, provide for onshore leasing certainty, and give certainty to oil shale development, H5756 [25JN], H7844 [18SE]

EPA: impact of Government regulations on coal industry, H2287 [11MR]

——— provide guidance and clarification relative to issuance and renewal of coal mining permits for dredged or fill material (H.R. 5077), H6356 [17JY]

——— regulate hydraulic fracturing, H2685–H2690 [26MR]

Health: place a moratorium on permitting for mountaintop removal coal mining until health studies are conducted by the Dept. of HHS (H.R. 526), H2624 [25MR]

Lyon County, NV: designate the Wovoka Wilderness and provide for certain land conveyances, H7491 [15SE]

——— designate the Wovoka Wilderness and provide for certain land conveyances (H.R. 696), H181 [13JA]

Montana: withdraw Federal land on North Fork watershed located in the vicinity of Flathead National Forest from location, entry, and patent under mining laws (H.R. 2259), H2126–H2128 [4MR]

National Miner’s Day: observance, H8286 [3DE]

Natural gas: importance of Marcellus shale reserves drilling, H6221 [15JY], H6338 [16JY], H8200 [1DE]

Obama, President: evaluation of policies relative to coal industry, H1503 [29JA]

Power resources: contribute to national security and achieve domestic energy independence by producing more energy from all sources (H.R. 3895), H6648 [22JY]

——— increase domestic onshore and offshore energy exploration and production and streamline and improve energy permitting and administration (H.R. 4899), H5592 [20JN], H5664 [24JN], H5752–H5757 [25JN], H5772–H5805, H5807 [26JN], H6643, H6648 [22JY], E1080 [26JN]

——— increase domestic onshore and offshore energy exploration and production and streamline and improve energy permitting and administration (H.R. 4899), motion to recommit, H5803, H5804 [26JN]

——— prohibit big oil companies signing new Federal drilling leases from receiving subsidies and prohibit all oil companies from exporting U.S. oil or natural gas, H5804 [26JN]

Raleigh County, WV: anniversary of Upper Big Branch Mine disaster, E522 [4AP]

States: allow to retain current Dept. of the Interior surface mining stream buffer zone rule unless State has program with greater stream protection, H2628–H2632 [25MR]

——— maintain ability to issue surface mining stream buffer zone rules beyond Federal standards, H2628, H2630–H2632 [25MR], E518 [4AP]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), H8323–H8343 [3DE], H8872 [9DE], E1734, E1737, E1745 [4DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), consideration (H. Res. 766), H8305–H8310 [3DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), correction in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 124), H8998 [10DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), motion to recommit, H8341, H8342 [3DE]

Turkey: express condolences to victims and their families of the Soma, Turkey mine explosion, E801 [21MY], E837 [23MY], E873 [29MY]

Remarks in Senate

Arizona: facilitate efficient extraction of mineral resources in southeast Arizona by authorizing and directing an exchange of Federal and non-Federal land, S6520 [10DE]

BLM: Abandoned Mine Land Program funding, S5113 [30JY]

——— convey certain public land in and around historic mining townsites in Nevada, S6504 [10DE]

Boone County, WV: express condolences to victims and their families of the Brody No. 1 mine disaster, S2942 [13MY]

Business and industry: require U.S.-registered companies selling products using columbite-tantalite, coltan, cassiterite, and wolframite to disclose the country-of-origin of such materials to the SEC, S6189 [20NO]

——— require U.S.-registered companies selling products using tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold to disclose the country-of-origin of such materials to the SEC, S4140 [26JN]

Clark County, NV: provide for conveyance of certain Federal land for environmental remediation and reclamation of the Three Kids Mine Project Site (H.R. 697), S4356 [9JY]

Climate: impact of climate change on energy infrastructure relative to production, extraction, refining, processing, transporting and storing, S1388 [10MR]

Congo, Democratic Republic of: civil war and warlord violence, S4140 [26JN]

Dept. of Justice: improve compensation under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Program for workers involved in uranium mining (S. 773), S3960 [25JN]

Dept. of the Interior: ensure timely review of BLM notices before appearance in the Federal Register in order to streamline energy development permitting process, S4860 [24JY]

——— incorporate surface mining stream buffer zone rule into State programs (H.R. 2824), S2823 [7MY], S2832 [8MY]

——— limit authority to issue regulations modifying the stream zone buffer rule, S1903 [1AP]

——— take lands and mineral rights on the reservation of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of Montana and other culturally important lands into trust, S6655 [11DE], S6735 [12DE]

EPA: disapprove rule establishing new source performance standards to limit greenhouse gas emissions from new powerplants, S719 [4FE]

——— impact of Government regulations on coal industry, S710 [4FE], S1375 [10MR]

——— impose carbon pollution fee and use proceeds to provide rebate to consumers and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and regulate hydraulic fracturing (S. 332), S1399 [10MR]

——— require GAO and Dept. of Energy to conduct cost-benefit analysis of proposed greenhouse gas regulations on powerplants, S2077 [2AP]

——— rule establishing new source performance standards to limit greenhouse gas emissions from new powerplants, S1396, S1400 [10MR]

Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act: amend (S. 2132), S1657 [13MR]

Ludlow, CO: anniversary of confrontation between miners and National Guard and Colorado Fuel & Iron Co., security personnel known as Ludlow Massacre, S2466 [29AP]

Lyon County, NV: designate the Wovoka Wilderness and provide for certain land conveyances, S4860 [24JY]

Montana: withdraw Federal land on North Fork watershed located in the vicinity of Flathead National Forest from location, entry, and patent under mining laws, S6655 [11DE]

——— withdraw Federal land on North Fork watershed located in the vicinity of Flathead National Forest from location, entry, and patent under mining laws (H.R. 2259), unanimous-consent request, S2150 [3AP]

——— withdraw Federal land on North Fork watershed located in the vicinity of Flathead National Forest from location, entry, and patent under mining laws (S. 255), S2150, S2151 [3AP]

——— withdraw Federal land on North Fork watershed located in the vicinity of Flathead National Forest from location, entry, and patent under mining laws (S. 255), unanimous-consent request, S2150 [3AP]

Nuclear weapons: designate a national day of remembrance for workers of the U.S. nuclear weapons program (S. Res. 417), S4364 [9JY]

Obama, President: evaluation of policies relative to coal industry, S384 [16JA], S505 [28JA], S1533 [12MR], S2633 [5MY], S2744 [7MY], S4096 [26JN], S4289 [9JY], S5076 [30JY], S5652 [17SE]

Power resources: facilitate domestic energy production to reduce energy costs and spur economic growth and job creation, S1902 [1AP]

——— facilitate domestic energy production to reduce energy costs and spur economic growth and job creation (S. 1401), S1498, S1511 [11MR], S4742 [23JY]

——— importance of coal mining industry to energy and economy and need to invest in clean coal technologies to reduce carbon emissions, S3992–S3994 [25JN]

——— recognize primacy of States relative to regulation of hydraulic fracturing on Federal land within the boundaries of the State, S1902 [1AP]

——— recognize primacy of States relative to regulation of hydraulic fracturing on Federal land within the boundaries of the State (S. 1482), S1498, S1511 [11MR]

Public lands: authorizing Federal land projects that develop natural resources for energy production, expand national park system boundaries, and establish new parks, S6522–S6527 [10DE]

Rockefeller, Senator: legislative accomplishments, S6331–S6334 [4DE]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections, S6254 [2DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), S6281 [3DE], S6336–S6339 [4DE], S6396 [8DE], S6400, S6439 [9DE], S6506 [10DE], S6887, S6898–S6903, S6911 [16DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), correction in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 124), S6903 [16DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), motion to proceed, S6823, S6832, S6833, S6836 [15DE], S6869 [16DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), unanimous-consent agreement, S6898 [16DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), unanimous-consent request, S6739 [12DE]

Utah: authorize a land exchange between the Ute Indian Tribe and the State Institutional Trust Land Administration (H.R. 356), S4355 [9JY]

Reports filed

Coal Jobs Protection Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 5077) (H. Rept. 113–604), H7881 [18SE]

Consideration of H.R. 2824, Preventing Government Waste and Protecting Coal Mining Jobs in America: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 501) (H. Rept. 113–374), H2198 [5MR]

Consideration of H.R. 4899, Lower Gasoline Prices To Fuel an America That Works Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 641) (H. Rept. 113–493), H5723 [24JN]

Consideration of H.R. 5771, Tax Increase Prevention Act and H.R. 647, Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 766) (H. Rept. 113–643), H8272 [2DE]

Dept. of the Interior Retirement of Coal Preference Right Lease Applications for Which an Affirmative Commercial Quantities Determination Have Been Made: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 5176) (H. Rept. 113–704), H10334 [2JA]

Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 2132) (S. Rept. 113–224), S5133 [30JY]

National Strategic and Critical Minerals Policy Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1063) (H. Rept. 113–390), H2801 [1AP]

North Fork Watershed Protection Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 2259) (H. Rept. 113–370), H2097 [28FE]

Northern Cheyenne Lands Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 2442), S5373 [8SE]

——— Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 2442) (S. Rept. 113–317), S6788 [12DE]

——— Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 4350) (H. Rept. 113–597), H7527 [15SE]

Preventing Government Waste and Protecting Coal Mining Jobs in America: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 2824) (H. Rept. 113–364), H2097 [28FE]

Remove EPA Authority To Retroactively Disapprove Corps of Engineers Permits To Discharge Dredged or Fill Material Into Navigable Waters: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 524) (H. Rept. 113–485), H5596 [20JN]

Resource Assessment of Rare Earths (RARE) Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 981) (H. Rept. 113–389), H2801 [1AP]

Three Kids Mine Remediation and Reclamation Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 697) (S. Rept. 113–147), S2238 [8AP]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 124, correction in enrollment of H.R. 5771, Tax Increase Prevention Act, H8998 [10DE]

H. Res. 501, consideration of H.R. 2824, Preventing Government Waste and Protecting Coal Mining Jobs in America, H2202 [6MR]

H. Res. 641, consideration of H.R. 4899, Lower Gasoline Prices To Fuel an America That Works Act and H.R. 4923, energy and water development appropriations, H5736 [25JN]

H. Res. 766, consideration of H.R. 5771, Tax Increase Prevention Act and H.R. 647, Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act, H8305 [3DE]

H.R. 1022, Securing Energy Critical Elements and American Jobs Act, H6593 [22JY]

H.R. 2259, North Fork Watershed Protection Act, H2127 [4MR]

H.R. 2824, Preventing Government Waste and Protecting Coal Mining Jobs in America, H2629 [25MR]

H.R. 4899, Lower Gasoline Prices To Fuel an America That Works Act, H5773–H5782 [26JN]

H.R. 5742, Soledad Canyon Settlement Act, H9050 [11DE]

H.R. 5771, Tax Increase Prevention Act, H8323–H8335 [3DE]

S. 2820, Garden Valley Withdrawal Act, S5632 [16SE]

S. Res. 417, designate a national day of remembrance for workers of the U.S. nuclear weapons program, S2241 [8AP]

S.J. Res. 30, disapprove EPA rule establishing new source performance standards to limit greenhouse gas emissions from new powerplants, S447 [16JA]