Mining Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Prevention Act of 2025
Committee hearing: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- Committee hearing
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- 11
- Latest action
- Mar 12, 2025
What it does
The Mining Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Prevention Act of 2025 would modify requirements for locatable minerals on public domain land by establishing claim maintenance fees of $200 per unpatented mining claim, millsite, or tunnel site starting August 31, 2027, and annually thereafter, replacing prior assessment work and filing requirements. It would repeal the authority to issue new mining patents under Section 2325 of the Revised Statutes, except for claims where a patent application was filed by September 30, 1994, and all legal requirements were met by that date. The bill also introduces new provisions for permits, financial assurances, tribal consultation, inspection and monitoring, and…
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Where it stands
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What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.