{"format":1,"id":"118-hr-2925","congress":118,"number":"H.R. 2925","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Mining Regulatory Clarity Act of 2024","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 to provide for security of tenure for use of mining claims for ancillary activities, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 to provide for security of tenure for use of mining claims for ancillary activities, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Mining Regulatory Clarity Act of 2024"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Mining Regulatory Clarity Act of 2024"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Mining Regulatory Clarity Act of 2024"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Mining Regulatory Clarity Act of 2023"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Mining Regulatory Clarity Act of 2024"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2023-04-27","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2024-05-08","vote":{"id":"118-2024-h191","question":"On Passage","title":"Mining Regulatory Clarity Act","result":"Passed","yea":216,"nay":195,"present":0,"not_voting":19,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll191.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.","date":"2024-05-09"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[{"chamber":"house","date":"2024-05-01","question":"On Motion to Recommit","title":"Mining Regulatory Clarity Act","result":"Passed","yea":210,"nay":204,"present":0,"not_voting":15,"kind":"procedural","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll175.xml"},{"chamber":"house","date":"2024-05-08","question":"On Motion to Recommit","title":"Mining Regulatory Clarity Act","result":"Failed","yea":203,"nay":208,"present":0,"not_voting":19,"kind":"procedural","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll190.xml"}],"crs_summary":{"date":"2024-05-08","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Mining Regulatory Clarity Act of 2024"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill sets forth a process to allow mine operations to use, occupy, and conduct operations (e.g., construction of roads and other mining infrastructure activity) on public land regardless of whether a mineral deposit has been discovered on the land."}],"words":46},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends section 10101 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 to give holders of mining claims on public land the right to use and occupy land to conduct operations, with or without the discovery of a valuable mineral deposit, when claim fees are paid.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2925/text/eh#H7D022E695F38429F86476ED67391198F"}]},"core_areas":["Mining claim rights to use and occupy public land for operations","Claim location and maintenance fee requirements","Limits on the bill's effect on withdrawn and closed lands"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Defines \"operations\" for locatable minerals to cover prospecting, exploration, discovery and assessment, development, extraction, processing, and reclamation of disturbed areas.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2925/text/eh#H7D022E695F38429F86476ED67391198F"}},{"text":"Includes within \"operations\" any activity reasonably incident to those activities, whether or not carried out on a mining claim, including building and maintaining a road, transmission line, pipeline, or other infrastructure or access on public land for a support facility.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2925/text/eh#H7D022E695F38429F86476ED67391198F"}},{"text":"Gives a claimant the right to use and occupy public land to conduct operations, with or without the discovery of a valuable mineral deposit, if the claimant timely pays the location fee under section 10102 and the claim maintenance fee under subsection (a).","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2925/text/eh#H7D022E695F38429F86476ED67391198F"}},{"text":"For a claimant who qualifies for a waiver of the claim maintenance fee under subsection (d), gives the same right if the claimant timely pays the location fee and complies with the required assessment work under the general mining laws.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2925/text/eh#H7D022E695F38429F86476ED67391198F"}},{"text":"Deems a claimant who meets the requirements of the section and section 10102 to satisfy any Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 requirement to pay fair market value to the United States for use of public land and resources under the general mining laws.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2925/text/eh#H7D022E695F38429F86476ED67391198F"}},{"text":"States that the new subsection does not create or increase claimant rights on lands not open to location, modify existing withdrawals, restore rights extinguished by a closure or withdrawal, or limit federal regulation of mining in withdrawn areas, including claim validity examinations.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2925/text/eh#H7D022E695F38429F86476ED67391198F"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2024-05-08","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2925/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-01","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2925","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2925/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-2925.png","v":"b131a5950514","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 2925, 118th Congress: Mining Regulatory Clarity Act of 2024. House: 216 Yea, 195 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 8 May 2024."}}