legislative priority ยท 2026
Codify the PolyMet land exchange
Stauber introduced H.R. 527, the Superior National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2019, to put the land exchange between PolyMet Mining and the U.S. Forest Service into statute. The bill was intended to provide legal certainty and move PolyMet closer to developing the NorthMet ore body in northeastern Minnesota.
Context: The proposal concerned the PolyMet land exchange and NorthMet ore body in northeastern Minnesota. The passage does not establish whether the bill became law.
In their own words
This bipartisan legislation provides legal certainty by codifying the land exchange between PolyMet Mining, Inc. and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) into statute.
The source
Pete Stauber: official policy priorities
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Retrieved: 11/10/2026