Congress is back this week and from the looks of it, the schedule is packed. House lawmakers are expected to consider six mining-related bills this week, including the "Mining Regulatory Clarity Act of 2025," which provides essential land use clarity for mining operations after a flawed legal decision upended decades of established precedent. A House subcommittee will also consider a bill that would require the Interior Department to immediately act on all pending coal applications and grant necessary approvals for mining. It would also rescind a Biden-era secretarial order that sought to reform the coal leasing process. Another bill would make all lands acquired by the federal government eligible for leasing for hardrock mineral development. Other bills would deal with National Environmental Policy Act requirements and exclusion for the production and export of coal, efforts to boost mining leasing and development, and seabed mineral production will even be considered. As we previewed before the holiday, House Republicans plan to this week address three, onerous Biden land plans. Resource management plans that obstruct mining in Alaska, North Dakota and Montana will be up for Congressional Review Act votes, which will allow Congress and the White House to strike them by simple majority. As you can tell it's going to be an action packed week in that building behind me.
