Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee
Mining Regulatory Clarity Act and Clean Energy Minerals Reform Act
The purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony on the following bills:
- S. 1281, to amend the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 to provide for security of tenure for use of mining claims for ancillary activities (Cortez Masto, “Mining Regulatory Clarity Act of 2023”);
- S. 1742, to modify the requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain land (Heinrich, “Clean Energy Minerals Reform Act of 2023”).
- Dr. Steve Feldgus, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, U.S. Department of the Interior
- Troy Heithecker, Associate Deputy Chief,, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Rich Haddock, Senior Advisor, Barrick Gold Corporation
- Chris Wood, President and CEO, Trout Unlimited
- Katie Sweeney, Executive Vice President and COO, National Mining Association