Superior National Forest Restoration Act of 2025
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 12
- Latest action
- Feb 5, 2025
What it does
The Superior National Forest Restoration Act of 2025 would rescind Public Land Order 7917, which withdrew certain federal lands in Minnesota’s Superior National Forest from mineral entry, and reinstate mineral leases and permits that were canceled between January 31, 2021, and the bill’s enactment. It requires the Secretary of the Interior or Agriculture to complete environmental reviews for Mine Plans of Operations within 18 months of submission (or 6 months for supplemental reviews) and to reissue leases with 20-year initial terms and automatic renewal rights, while prohibiting judicial review of these leases. The bill also mandates the issuance of new preference right leases within 5…
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Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Current step)
Floor (Not started)
Law (Not started)
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.