Hill Heat

The Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources will hold a legislative hearing on H.R. 2685 (Rep. Owens), “Mining Schools Act of 2023”; H.R. 3883 (Rep. Amodei), To nullify Public Land Order No. 7921, withdrawing certain land in the Railroad Valley of Nye County, Nevada, from mineral entry; and a Discussion Draft of H.R. ___ (Rep. LaHood), the “Community Reclamation Partnerships Act”, on Wednesday, June 14, 2023, at 2:15 p.m. in 1334 Longworth House Office Building.

Hearing memo

This hearing will consider three bills related to different aspects and needs of the domestic mining sector.

• H.R. 2685 (Rep. Owens), the “Mining Schools Act of 2023”, would create a grant program for mining schools to support educational programs in mining and related fields. • H.R. ___ (Rep. LaHood), the “Community Reclamation Partnerships Act”, would allow non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to help in the remediation of abandoned mine land sites
• H.R. 3883 (Rep. Amodei) would nullify an administrative withdrawal of nearly 23,000 acres from mineral development in Nye County, Nevada.

Witnesses

Panel I:

• Mark Amodei, Representative, Nevada’s 2nd Congressional District
• Burgess Owens, Representative, Utah’s 4th Congressional District
• Darin LaHood, Representative, Illinois’s 16th Congressional District

Panel II:

• Walter G. Copan, Ph.D., Vice President for Research and Technology Transfer, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO
• Christopher Wood, President and Chief Executive Officer, Trout Unlimited
• Kevin Moore, Chairman and Chief Financial Officer, 3 Proton Lithium (3PL), Carson City, NV
• Emily Hammond, Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs; Glen Earl Weston Research Professor, George Washington University School of Law (Democratic witness)