The House approved legislation Wednesday to address a major concern from the mining industry after a handful of Republicans thwarted passage last week.
Lawmakers cleared H.R. 2925, the “Mining Regulatory Clarity Act,” from Reps. Mark Amodei (R-Nev.) and Mary Peltola (D-Alaska), which would make sure mining companies can store waste on land that doesn’t have economically recoverable minerals.
Republicans and some Democrats backing the legislation say it’s critical to reversing a 2019 court ruling, which concerned the Rosemont copper venture in Arizona.
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Rep. Pete Stauber (R-Minn.), chair of the Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, called it a “backward decision.”
