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Mining Regulatory Clarity Act

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Policy area: Environmental Protection

Latest action 2026-03-17 · Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 357. · showing text version Placed on Calendar Senate of 2026-03-17T04:00:00Z

Sponsor

Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2] (R-NV)

2 cosponsors

Recent actions

• 2026-03-17 — Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 357.
• 2025-12-18 — The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
• 2025-12-18 — The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX.
• 2025-12-18 — Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4776, H.R. 1366, H.R. 845, H.R. 3616, H.R. 3632 and H.R. 4371. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 4776, under a structured rule and H.R. 1366, H.R. 845, H.R. 3616, H.R. 3632, and H.R. 4371 under a closed rule. The resolution provides one motion to recommit on each bill.
• 2025-12-18 — Received in the Senate.
• 2025-12-18 — Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 219 - 198 (Roll no. 358).
• 2025-12-18 — POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 1366, the Chair put the question on motion to recommit and by voice vote announced the noes had prevailed. Ms. Leger Fernandez demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
• 2025-12-18 — On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 219 - 198 (Roll no. 358). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H6044)
• 2025-12-18 — On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 205 - 213 (Roll no. 357).
• 2025-12-18 — Ms. Leger Fernandez moved to recommit to the Committee on Natural Resources. (text: CR H6049)

Subjects

• Government trust funds
• Land use and conservation
• Mining

Related bills

• Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026
• Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4776) to amend the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to clarify ambiguous provisions and facilitate a more efficient, effective, and timely environmental review process; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1366) to provide for the location of multiple hardrock mining mill sites, to establish the Abandoned Hardrock Mine Fund, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 845) to require the Secretary of the Interior to reissue regulations removing the gray wolf from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife under the Endangered Species Act of 1973; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3616) to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to review regulations that may affect the reliable operation of the bulk-power system; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3632) to amend the Federal Power Act to adjust the requirements for orders, rules, and regulations relating to furnishing adequate service, to require owners or operators of generating facilities to provide notice of planned retirements of certain electric generating units, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4371) to amend the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to enhance efforts to combat the trafficking of children.
• Mining Regulatory Clarity Act

Text sections (6 indexed passages)

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