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H.R. 3872119th CongressEnergy
To amend the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands to make that Act applicable to hardrock minerals.
Sponsored by Rep. Pat Fallon (R-TX) · 2 active : 2 Republicans
Latest action: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 669.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate9 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedDec 15, 2025
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govThis bill specifies that all federally acquired lands are eligible to be considered for hardrock mineral leasing under the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands (MLAAL). The bill defines the term
hardrock mineral
to (1) include deposits of minerals found in sedimentary or other rocks, base metals, precious metals, industrial minerals, and precious and semi-precious gemstones; and (2) exclude deposits of coal, oil, oil shale, gas, sodium, potassium, sulfur, or mineral materials subject to disposition under the Materials Act of 1947.
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By way of background, hardrock minerals are not currently listed under the MLAAL as deposits subject to a lease, while mineral resources such as coal, phosphate, oil, gas, gilsonite, and sulfur are listed. As a result, federal lands may be leased for mining hardrock minerals only if the federal lands were acquired under a statute, such as the Weeks Act, that specifically authorizes the land to be used for hardrock mineral leasing.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Natural Resources · HouseReported by · Markup by · Discharged from · Referred to
- Energy and Mineral Resources · HouseHearings by (subcommittee) · Referred to
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources · SenateReported by · Markup by · Referred to
- Public Lands, Forests, and Mining · SenateHearings by (subcommittee)
Subjects
- Alaska
- Land transfers
- Licensing and registrations
- Metals
- Mining
- Oil and gas
How the Senate breaks down
- 9Swing 70–100
- 62Middle 30–70
- 29Entrenched 0–30
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Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
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Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
2 activeShow all 2 cosponsors
- Nathaniel Moran (R-TX-1)
- Pat Harrigan (R-NC-10)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
