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Creates a new Office of Mountains, Deserts, and Plains inside the Environmental Protection Agency to coordinate cleanup of lands and waters harmed by past hardrock mining. The Office will set cleanup best practices, produce priority site lists and reports, lead interagency planning for abandoned uranium mines, and coordinate with Federal, State, Tribal (including the Navajo Nation), and local partners under specified timelines and consultation requirements.
Received in the House.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Introduced September 9, 2025 by Mark Edward Kelly · Last progress November 20, 2025