Raúl Grijalva: “The Department of the Interior (DOI) strongly opposes any action to reverse the locally driven efforts to protect and…”

This law would apply to all of our public lands, including national parks, wilderness areas, and BLM land.

We stand at the edge of a whole new mining rush.

Mr. Cole's bill would simply restore the Secretary of the Interior's authority to take land into trust for all tribes, regardless of their date of Federal recognition.

We write to express serious concerns about the Mining Clarity Regulatory Act, which represents an unprecedented, de facto giveaway of America's cherished public lands to mining corporations.