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H. Rept. 116-467 1 (2020-08-04)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxadfu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATEOD U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION Op 116TH CONGRESS REPORT 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 116-467 HARDROCK LEASING AND RECLAMATION ACT OF 2019 AUGUST 4, 2020.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. GRIJALVA, from the Committee on Natural Resources, submitted the following REPORT together with DISSENTING AND ADDITIONAL DISSENTING VIEWS [To accompany H.R. 2579] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 2579) to modify the requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands, consistent with the principles of self-initiation of mining claims, and for other purposes, having con- sidered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do pass. The amendment is as follows: Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) SHORT TITLE.-This Act may be cited as the Hardrock Leasing and Reclama- tion Act of 2019. (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.-The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definitions and references. Sec. 3. Application rules. TITLE I-MINERAL LEASING, EXPLORATION, AND DEVELOPMENT Sec. 101. Closure to entry and location. Sec. 102. Limitation on patents. Sec. 103. Prospecting license and hardrock leases. Sec. 104. Competitive leasing. Sec. 105. Small miners leases. Sec. 106. Lands containing nonhardrock minerals; other uses. Sec. 107. Royalty. Sec. 108. Existing production. Sec. 109. Hardrock mining claim maintenance fee. Sec. 110. Effect of payments for use and occupancy of claims. Sec. 111. Protection of special places. Sec. 112. Suitability determination. 99-006