Modernize mining fees on federal lands

Stansbury introduced the Conserving Lands and Areas Incompatible with Mining (CLAIM) Act of 2025 to modernize mining fee practices on federal lands. She says the measure would ensure the public is properly compensated after what she describes as years of taxpayer giveaways to large corporate mining companies.

Context: The source identifies this as legislation introduced in 2025 but does not give details of the proposed fee changes.

In their own words

This legislation seeks to modernize mining fee practices on federal lands

The source

Melanie A. Stansbury: Energy, Climate & Environment

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