American Legislation

Allows multiple hardrock mining mill sites on public land and creates a Fund for abandoned hardrock mine work.

Allows sale of about 3,400 acres of BLM land to La Paz County for fair market value, with tribal artifact protections and withdrawal from mining laws.

Allows two local water agencies to be eligible to maintain Bolts Ditch and its headgate in the Holy Cross Wilderness.

Requires semiannual public reports on clean energy demonstration project contracts, milestones, and major project changes.

Creates a DOE program to advance low-emissions cement, concrete, and asphalt production through research, demonstrations, and technical assistance.

Creates a DOE–USDA agreement to jointly coordinate research on agriculture, energy, data, biofuels, grid, and wildfire technologies.

Requires National Park units that charge entrance fees to accept cash payments.

Reauthorizes and updates the National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring System, adds tech and coordination rules, and raises authorized funding through 2033–2034.

Creates programs to develop, test, and promote low-emissions cement, concrete, asphalt binders and mixtures and support state use in transportation projects.

Updates 1872 mining law: adds fees, royalties, permits, reclamation rules, inspections, and a reclamation fund for hardrock mining on federal land.

Directs Interior to staff the National Park Service, fill maintenance positions, reinstate certain employees, and continue projects funded under key public-lands and infrastructure acts.

Gives FERC exclusive authority over LNG export/import terminal approvals while preserving presidential sanctions powers.

Directs Interior and Energy to make an MOU examining how the July 2024 Glen Canyon Dam record of decision affects the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund.

Repeals four executive orders from January 20, 2025 related to energy, environmental agreements, and offshore wind; bars federal funds for implementing them.

Nullifies the NPS motor vehicle rule for Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (90 Fed. Reg. 2621, Jan 13, 2025).

Creates a DOE research program to find, study, plug, and repurpose abandoned oil and gas wells and improve detection and remediation methods.

Extends the application window for Alaska Native Vietnam-era veterans' land allotments from five to ten years.

Limits Interior permit requirements and some BLM authorities when federal mineral ownership or surface rights are limited within spacing units.

Creates a memorial museum and education center at the African Burial Ground, with site acquisition, governance, funding, and partnerships to preserve and interpret the site.

Designates the America's National Churchill Museum in Fulton, Missouri as a National Historic Landmark and directs a federal study on preservation and National Park System suitability.

Designates wilderness, conservation, recreation, and special management areas and sets management rules and studies.

Authorizes DOE programs to expand quantum research, centers, supply chains, instrumentation, networks, workforce, and computing plans with funding limits and foreign restrictions.

Establishes a DOE program to fund mining research, testing, recycling, safety, and community engagement to support domestic mineral supplies.