MINING AND MINERAL RESOURCES

Articles and editorials

America Before Earth Day—Smog and Disasters Spurred the Laws Trump Wants To Undo, S2430 [25AP]

How a Coal Baron’s Wish List Became President Trump’s To-Do List, S243 [17JA]

Bills and resolutions

Arizona: withdraw certain Federal lands and interests in Pima and Santa Cruz Counties from mining and mineral leasing laws (see H.R. 6519), H7686 [25JY]

BLM: clarify that permits are not required for oil and gas activities conducted on non-Federal surface estate to access subsurface mineral estate that is less than 50 percent federally owned (see H.R. 6107), H5199 [14JN]

——— convey certain lands to Atlantic Richfield Co. (ARCO), facilitate resolution of environmental remediation and reclamation, resolve potential U.S. liability, and promote economic development in Lyon County, NV (see H.R. 5347), H1727 [20MR]

——— modify provisions relative to conveyance of certain public land in and around historic mining townsites in Storey County, NV (see S. 3349), S5618 [15AU]

——— prohibit surface occupancy for purposes of mineral leasing or development on certain land located in La Plata County, CO (see H.R. 5744), H3885 [9MY]

——— require a portion of revenues from new Federal mineral and geothermal leases be paid to States to supplement primary and secondary education and support institutions of higher education (see H.R. 5859), H4209 [17MY]

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. 6819), H8725 [13SE]

——— make certain improvements in laws relative to coal royalties (see H.R. 6807), H8725 [13SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: award grants to tribal health programs located on reservations impacted by uranium mining or milling (see H.R. 5128), H1333 [27FE]

Dept. of Energy: establish coal technology program to improve conversion, use, and storage of carbon dioxide produced from fossil fuels and continue research on rare earth element separation technologies (see S. 2803), S2552 [8MY]

Dept. of the Interior: modify requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands consistent with the principles of self-initiation of mining claims (see H.R. 5753), H3928 [10MY]

——— provide that production safety systems rule and well control rule shall have the same force and effect of law as if such rules had been enacted by Congress (see H.R. 4888), H676 [29JA]

——— regulate hydraulic fracturing operations on Federal lands (see H.R. 7211), H9758 [30NO]

EPA: establish a pilot program that promotes cleanup of orphan hardrock mines by good samaritans (see S. 3727), S7356 [6DE] (see H.R. 7226), H9767 [6DE]

New Mexico: provide withdrawal and protection of certain Federal land (see S. 2907), S2835 [22MY]

Nuclear weapons: designate a national day of remembrance for workers of the U.S. nuclear weapons program (see S. Res. 682), S6816 [11OC]

San Rafael Swell Western Heritage and Historic Mining National Conservation Area: establish (see S. 2809), S2594 [9MY] (see H.R. 5727), H3884 [9MY]

Taxation: allow a credit for certain facilities that remediate and reclaim coal refuse sites by producing electricity from coal refuse (see H.R. 4977), H1074 [8FE]

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Land Grant-Merced Claims Commission: establish to review property right claims of certain communities (see H.R. 6365), H6195 [13JY]

Proposals

Action Plan for the Administration of President Donald J. Trump Relative to Energy and Environmental Policy: Robert E. Murray, Murray Energy Corp., S244 [17JA]

Remarks in House

Africa: increase efforts to combat drug-resistant tuberculosis in southern Africa, E1016 [16JY]

Alaska: exempt national forest lands from the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, H4168, H4169 [17MY]

BLM: prohibit funding to change existing placer mining plan of operation relative to Alaska environmental mitigation, H6516 [18JY]

Coal: promote economic revitalization, diversification, and development in economically distressed communities through reclamation and restoration of land and water resources adversely affected by mining, H2018 [22MR]

——— promote economic revitalization, diversification, and development in economically distressed communities through reclamation and restoration of land and water resources adversely affected by mining (H.R. 1731), H1484 [8MR]

Dept. of Energy: Defense-Related Uranium Mines Program funding, H4945 [7JN]

Dept. of Justice: call for investigation into Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. approval of the sale of Uranium One Inc., to Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corp., H1694 [19MR], H3310 [13AP], H3336 [16AP]

——— improve compensation under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Program for workers involved in uranium mining (H.R. 2049), H3894 [10MY]

Dept. of the Interior: Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Economic Development Pilot Program funding for Appalachian States through reductions in EPA operating account funding, H6443, H6444 [17JY]

——— Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Program funding, H6381 [17JY]

Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act: amend (S. 245), H9782–H9789 [10DE]

Montana: impact of coal industry policies, H5967 [28JN]

Pensions: transfer certain funds to the United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan (H.R. 3913), H418 [17JA]

Strategic materials: promote domestic production of critical minerals and materials, H4659, H4660 [23MY]

Superior National Forest: prohibit funding to withdraw certain lands from mineral and geothermal leasing, H6513, H6514 [18JY]

Taxation: extend expiring provisions, modify tax treatment of disaster relief and retirement and savings, stimulate innovation, clarify and correct certain existing provisions, and modernize and improve the IRS, H9703–H9710 [29NO], H10341–H10343, H10445–H10477 [20DE], E1723 [21DE]

——— extend tax on coal production in order to fund Black Lung Disability Trust Fund, H10476 [20DE]

Ukraine: support fair and equitable privatization of titanium mines, E1500 [6NO]

Remarks in Senate

Congress: accomplishments of the 115th Congress, S232–S234 [17JA]

Custer Gallatin National Forest: permanently withdraw Federal mineral rights in the Emigrant Crevice area near Yellowstone National Park, S7891 [19DE]

Dept. of the Interior: disapprove Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement rule known as the ‘‘Stream Protection Rule’’ that imposes certain environmental regulations on coal mining operations (H.J. Res. 38), S899 [13FE]

Economy: impact of Government regulations, S2570 [9MY], S3395 [11JN]

Nuclear weapons: designate a national day of remembrance for workers of the U.S. nuclear weapons program (S. Res. 682), S6881 [11OC]

Pensions: transfer certain funds to the United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan (S. 1105), S2667 [15MY]

Reports filed

BLM Small Miner Waivers From Claim Maintenance Fees After Written Receipt of Defects Is Provided to Claimant To Cure Defects or Pay Claim Maintenance Fee: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 884) (S. Rept. 115–364), S6963 [14NO]

Consideration of Senate Amendment to H.R. 88, Retirement, Savings, and Other Tax Relief and IRS Modernization and Improvement: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1160) (H. Rept. 115–1054), H9690 [28NO]

——— Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1180) (H. Rept. 115–1084), H10335 [19DE]

Dept. of the Interior Order Imposing a Moratorium on Federal Coal Leasing Shall Not Take Effect Unless a Joint Resolution of Approval Is Enacted: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1778) (H. Rept. 115–545), H782 [5FE]

Education and Energy Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 5859) (H. Rept. 115–1067), H9767 [6DE]

Emery County Public Land Management Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2809), S7318 [5DE]

——— Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2809) (S. Rept. 115–440), S7925 [19DE]

——— Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 5727) (H. Rept. 115–1071), H9819 [10DE]

Ending Duplicative Permitting Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 6107) (H. Rept. 115–1004), H9462 [2NO]

Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (S. 245) (H. Rept. 115–1057), H9757 [30NO]

Lyon County Economic Development and Environmental Remediation Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 5347) (H. Rept. 115–1002), H9462 [2NO]

National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 520) (H. Rept. 115–631), H3146 [11AP]

Rare Earth Element Advanced Coal Technologies Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1563) (S. Rept. 115–255), S2834 [22MY]

Repeal Certain SEC Disclosure Requirements Relative to Coal and Mine Safety: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 4289) (H. Rept. 115–571), H1220 [20FE]

Repeal Certain SEC Disclosure Requirements Relative to Conflict Minerals: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 4248) (H. Rept. 115–570), H1220 [20FE]

San Juan County Settlement Implementation Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 436), S5455 [30JY]

——— Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 436) (S. Rept. 115–318), S5618 [15AU]

SEC Disclosure Requirements Relative to Resource Extraction Repeal: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 4519) (H. Rept. 115–500), H82 [9JA]

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo Land Claims Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 6365) (H. Rept. 115–1052), H9667 [27NO]

Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 941), S7240 [29NO]

——— Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 941) (S. Rept. 115–402), S7274 [4DE]

——— Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 4644) (H. Rept. 115–992), H9442 [23OC]

Texts of

H. Res. 1160, consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 88, retirement, savings, and other tax relief and IRS modernization and improvement, H9703 [29NO]

H. Res. 1180, consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 88, retirement, savings, and other tax relief and IRS modernization and improvement, H10340 [20DE]

H.R. 88, retirement, savings, and other tax relief and IRS modernization and improvement, H10445–H10469 [20DE]

S. 245, Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act amendments, H9782–H9788 [10DE]

S. Res. 682, national day of remembrance for workers of the U.S. nuclear weapons program, S6825 [11OC]