Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
366 Dirksen
03/12/2025 at 10:00AM
A hearing before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, at 10:00 am in room 366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC.
The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on the following bills:
- S. 362, to allow certain Federal minerals to be mined consistent with the Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification, and for other purposes (Daines);
- S. 544, to provide for the location of multiple hardrock mining mill sites, to establish the Abandoned Hardrock Mine Fund, and for other purposes (Cortez Masto);
- S. 596, to establish a pilot program to support domestic critical material processing, and for other purposes (Hickenlooper);
- S. 714, to amend the Energy Act of 2020 to include critical materials in the definition of critical mineral, and for other purposes. (Lee);
- S. 789, to require reports on critical mineral and rare earth element resources around the world and a strategy for the development of advanced mining, refining, separation, and processing technologies, and for other purposes (Cornyn);
- S. 859, to modify the requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain land, and for other purposes (Luján).
Witnesses:
- Rich Haddock, Senior Advisor, Barrick Gold Corporation
- Brian Somers, President, Utah Mining Association
- Chris Wood, President and CEO, Trout Unlimited