Saving America’s Mines Act
Latest action · Feb 24, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
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 25, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Saving America's Mines Act
This bill bars the President, the Department of the Interior, or the Department of Agriculture from declaring a moratorium on or reversing any existing lease, permit, or claim, for the mining and extraction of any critical mineral or common varieties of sand, stone, and gravel on National Forest System or Bureau of Land Management land unless specifically authorized by statute or upon the lessee, permittee, or claimant's failure to comply with any of the provisions of its agreement.
Cosponsors 25
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 25, 2021 to Mar 15, 2022; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MN | Jim Hagedorn | Original | Jan 25, 2021 |
| R-MN | Michelle Fischbach | Original | Jan 25, 2021 |
| R-MN | Tom Emmer | Original | Jan 25, 2021 |
| R-UT | Chris Stewart | Jan 28, 2021 | |
| R-WA | Dan Newhouse | Jan 28, 2021 | |
| R-CA | Doug LaMalfa | Jan 28, 2021 | |
| R-PA | Scott Perry | Jan 28, 2021 | |
| R-WI | Thomas P. Tiffany | Jan 28, 2021 | |
| R-WV | David B. McKinley | Feb 1, 2021 | |
| R-AR | Eric A. "Rick" Crawford | Feb 1, 2021 | |
| R-IN | James R. Baird | Feb 1, 2021 | |
| R-IL | Mike Bost | Feb 1, 2021 | |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Feb 1, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Feb 1, 2021 | |
| R-UT | Burgess Owens | Feb 3, 2021 | |
| R-OR | Cliff Bentz | Feb 3, 2021 | |
| R-WY | Liz Cheney | Feb 3, 2021 | |
| R-LA | Mike Johnson | Feb 3, 2021 | |
| R-PA | Mike Kelly | Feb 3, 2021 | |
| R-AL | Mo Brooks | Feb 3, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Ron Wright | Feb 3, 2021 | |
| R-ID | Russ Fulcher | Feb 5, 2021 | |
| R-NM | Yvette Herrell | Feb 11, 2021 | |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Mar 9, 2021 | |
| R-ID | Michael K. Simpson | Mar 15, 2022 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Jan 25, 2021 |
| Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee | Referred Feb 18, 2021 | |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Jan 25, 2021 |
| Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee | Referred Feb 24, 2021 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 24, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
- Feb 18, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
- Jan 25, 2021Introduced in House
- Jan 25, 2021Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 14, January 25, 2021, page H233.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prohibit a moratorium on mineral development on Bureau of Land Management and National Forest System land, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Saving America’s Mines Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 25, 2021Introduced in House
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.
