$4.87 billion
Mon July 27th, 2020
Fees (removed from estimate)
116th Congress
Sponsor: Rep. Raúl Grijalva — D — AZ
Establishes a hardrock mineral leasing program on Western federal land; levies royalties, rents, and other fees on hardrock mineral development on federal land, and requires that 25 percent of amounts collected be paid to states; establishes the Hardrock Minerals Reclamation Fund, requires that certain amounts be deposited into the fund, and authorizes appropriations from the fund to be used for reclamation; requires the Department of the Interior and the Forest Service to undertake related administration, inspections, and tribal consultation; imposes private-sector mandates by requiring mine operators to pay royalties, rents, and other fees, by requiring nonproducing hardrock claims to be converted into noncompetitive leases; and by establishing new requirements for entities involved in production, transportation, development, and commercialization of hardrock minerals; and imposes intergovernmental mandates by terminating mining-related cooperative
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