H.R. 5780 falls far short of what it would take to reach a legitimate compromise and leaves many of the stakeholders, including the region's Native American communities, no choice but to oppose the legislation.
He highlights the bill's inadequacies and the opposition from stakeholders.
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We urge Congress to reject legislative proposals that make this colonial-era law worse.
The bill gives anyone the ability to stake a mining claim, whether there are valuable minerals on the land or not.
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.
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