Big Horn Bentonite Act
Latest action · Sep 20, 2004 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 22, 2003
- Passed SenateSep 15, 2004
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on January 22, 2004. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Big Horn Bentonite Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior (with the consent of the Secretary of the Army) to permit mining and removal of bentonite on certain land previously withdrawn for military purposes in Big Horn County, Wyoming.
Directs the Secretary to enter into a sole-source mining and removal contract that provides for payment to the Secretary of $1.00 per ton of bentonite removed from such land.
Sets forth contract terms and conditions.
Requires the Secretary of the Interior, upon notification by the Secretary of the Army that closure of the land is required for purposes of either national emergency, national defense, or national security to: (1) order the suspension of such authorized mining activity; and (2) close the land until the Secretary of the Army signals that the closure is no longer necessary.
Shields both Secretaries from liability for damages resulting from such closure.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Jan 22, 2003Markup Jul 14, 2004Reported Aug 25, 2004 |
| Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee | Hearings Feb 27, 2003 | |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Sep 17, 2004 |
| Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee | Referred Sep 20, 2004 |
Actions 11
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 20, 2004Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
- Sep 17, 2004Received in the House.
- Sep 17, 2004Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Sep 17, 2004Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
- Sep 15, 2004Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S9348-9349; text as passed Senate: S9348-9349)
- Aug 25, 2004Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Domenici under authority of the order of the Senate of 07/22/04 with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 108-319.
- Aug 25, 2004Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 675.
- Jul 14, 2004Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Feb 27, 2003Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 108-10.
- Jan 22, 2003Introduced in Senate
- Jan 22, 2003Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Jul 19, 2004S. 203, Big Horn Bentonite Act<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on July 14, 2004</p>
- Jul 19, 2004S. 203, Big Horn Bentonite ActCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on July 14, 2004
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 108-10 | SW FOREST HEALTH ACT; BENTONITE MINING IN WYOMING; PUEBLOS OF SANTA CLARA; AND MT. NAOMI WILDERNESS57 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Feb 27, 2003 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to open certain withdrawn land in Big Horn County, Wyoming, to locatable mineral development for bentonite mining.
- Official Titles as Amended by Senate
- A bill to provide for the sale of bentonite in Big Horn County, Wyoming".
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Big Horn Bentonite Act
- Short Titles as Passed Senate
- Big Horn Bentonite Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 17, 2004Referred in House
- Sep 15, 2004Engrossed in Senate
- Aug 25, 2004Reported to Senate
- Jan 22, 2003Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.