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This notice is to advise you of a hearing before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. The hearing will be held on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, at 10:00 am in room 366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC. The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on the following bills: S. 362, to allow certain Federal minerals to be mined consistent with the Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification, and for other purposes (Daines); S. 544, to provide for the location of multiple hardrock mining mill sites, to establish the Abandoned Hardrock Mine Fund, and for other purposes (Cortez Masto); S. 596, to establish a pilot program to support domestic critical material processing, and for other purposes (Hickenlooper); S. 714, to amend the Energy Act of 2020 to include critical materials in the definition of critical mineral, and for other purposes. (Lee); S. 789, to require reports on critical mineral and rare earth element resources around the world and a strategy for the development of advanced mining, refining, separation, and processing technologies, and for other purposes (Cornyn); S. 859, to modify the requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain land, and for other purposes (Luján).
