H.R. 7779 · 118th Congress

Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act of 2024

Introduced on Mar 21, 2024 by Celeste Maloy (R-UT-2). 36 cosponsors, 17 of them from another party. Latest action (Dec 11, 2024): Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 703.

Stage
Reported by committee
Introduced
Mar 21, 2024
Cosponsors
36
17 from the other party
Policy area
Environmental Protection
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To promote remediation of abandoned hardrock mines, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Administrative law and regulatory procedures
  • Congressional oversight
  • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  • Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
  • Environmental regulatory procedures
  • Government trust funds
  • Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
  • Indian lands and resources rights
  • Land use and conservation
  • Licensing and registrations
  • Metals
  • Mining
  • Pollution liability
  • Soil pollution
  • Solid waste and recycling
  • State and local government operations
  • Water quality

Summary

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Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Celeste MaloyR-UT-2Sponsor

Democrats · 17

Republicans · 19

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Mar 21, 2024Introduced in House
  2. Mar 21, 2024Introduced in House
  3. Mar 21, 2024 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  4. Mar 21, 2024 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  5. Mar 21, 2024 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  6. Mar 22, 2024 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
  7. Mar 22, 2024 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials.
  8. Sep 18, 2024 · HouseSubcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Discharged
  9. Sep 18, 2024 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  10. Sep 18, 2024 · HouseOrdered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.
  11. Dec 6, 2024Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 118-823, Part I.
  12. Dec 6, 2024 · HouseReported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 118-823, Part I.
  13. Dec 6, 2024Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
  14. Dec 6, 2024 · HouseCommittee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
  15. Dec 6, 2024 · HouseHouse Committee on Natural Resources Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 19, 2024.
  16. Dec 11, 2024Committee on Natural Resources discharged.
  17. Dec 11, 2024 · HouseCommittee on Natural Resources discharged.
  18. Dec 11, 2024 · HousePlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 703.

Committees

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Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. National Mining Association7 reports
    $2.4M reported (all issues)
  2. Backcountry Hunters & Anglers4 reports
    $40K reported (all issues)
  3. American Exploration & Mining Association3 reports
    $45K reported (all issues)
  4. Regeneration Enterprises, Inc.3 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)
  5. The Nature Conservancy3 reports
    $1.9M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: THE NATURE CONSERVANCYAI match · 100%
  6. Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership3 reports
    $280K reported (all issues)
  7. Trout Unlimited3 reports
    $312K reported (all issues)
  8. FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC.2 reports
    $270K reported (all issues)
  9. Rio Tinto Services, Inc.2 reports
    Federal contractor: RIO TINTO SERVICES INC$54.2M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 98%
  10. FDD Action1 report
    $160K reported (all issues)
  11. MOLSON COORS BEVERAGE COMPANY USA LLC1 report
  12. National Parks Conservation Association1 report
    $146.1K reported (all issues)
  13. State of Nevada1 report
    $60K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2024.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.