Three Kids Mine Remediation and Reclamation Act
Public Law 113-135 · H.R. 697 · 113th Congress · began in the House
Signed by Barack Obama (D) on Jul 25, 2014 · Public Lands and Natural Resources
Sponsor: Rep. Joseph Heck (R-NV-3)
Cosponsors (3): Rep. Mark Amodei, Rep. Steven Horsford,
Passage votes
- HouseVoice vote
- SenateUnanimous consent
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Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Three Kids Mine Remediation and Reclamation Act - (Sec. 3) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Henderson Redevelopment Agency of the city of Henderson, Nevada, all right, title, and interest of the United States of the approximately 948 identified acres of Bureau of Reclamation and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land within the Three Kids Mine Project Site (the federal land).
Requires the Henderson Redevelopment Agency to pay the fair market value, if any, for the federal land.
Directs the Secretary to determine the fair market value of the federal land based on an appraisal that does not take into account any existing contamination. Requires the Henderson Redevelopment Agency to reimburse the Secretary for appraisal costs.
Directs the Secretary to prepare a reasonable estimate of the costs to assess, remediate, and reclaim the Three Kids Mine Project Site.
Requires the Mine Remediation and Reclamation Agreement to be an enforceable consent order or agreement administered by the state.
(Sec. 4) Withdraws the federal land, for a 10-year period, beginning on the earlier of enactment, or on the date of conveyance, from: (1) entry, appropriation, operation, or disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) disposition under the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and the geothermal leasing laws.
Relinquishes and revokes, subject to valid existing rights, any withdrawal that includes any portion of the federal land for which the Bureau of Reclamation has no further need.
Declares that nothing in this Act diminishes, hinders, or interferes with the exclusive and perpetual use by existing rights holders of the operation, maintenance, and improvement of water conveyance infrastructure and facilities situated on the federal land constructed or permitted by the Bureau of Reclamation before the effective date of this Act.
(Sec. 5) Adjusts the boundary of the River Mountains Area of Critical Environmental Concern to exclude any portion of the Three Kids Mine Project Site.
(Sec. 6) Applies the responsibility for complying with the mine remediation and reclamation agreement executed under section 3, upon completion of the conveyance, to the responsible party and the state of Nevada. (Defines "responsible party" as the private sector entity designated by the Henderson Redevelopment Agency, and approved by the state, to complete the assessment, remediation, reclamation, and redevelopment of the Three Kids Mine Project Site.)
(Sec. 7) Makes the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act of 1998 inapplicable to land conveyed under this Act.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Natural Resources Committee · House · markup by, referred to, reported bySubcommittee: Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee; Federal Lands Subcommittee
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Related bills
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S. 343Related bill
Three Kids Mine Remediation and Reclamation Act
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Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 26 actions.
- Jul 25, 2014Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 113-135.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Jul 17, 2014FloorFloor · Presented to President.
- Jul 10, 2014FloorFloor · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Jul 9, 2014FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- Apr 8, 2014CalendarCalendar · Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 353.
- CommitteeCommittee · Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Landrieu without amendment. With written report No. 113-147.
- Nov 21, 2013CommitteeCommittee · Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Jul 23, 2013CommitteeCommittee · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Jul 22, 2013FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
- FloorFloor · DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 697.
- FloorFloor · Considered under suspension of the rules.
- FloorFloor · Mr. Hastings (WA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Jul 8, 2013CalendarCalendar · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 99.
- CommitteeCommittee · Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-137.
- Jun 12, 2013CommitteeCommittee · Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
- CommitteeCommittee · Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- CommitteeCommittee · Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged.
- CommitteeCommittee · Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Discharged.
- Mar 21, 2013CommitteeCommittee · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- CommitteeCommittee · Hearings by Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee
- Feb 27, 2013CommitteeCommittee · Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
- CommitteeCommittee · Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
- Feb 14, 2013CommitteeCommittee · Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in House
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Amendments
No amendments to this bill are on record.
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Official record
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