Raúl Grijalva: “You told us on this species of conservation concern that it would be based on scientific evidence of risk, but if you…”

Effective democratic governance depends upon informed public participation, and several international conventions and policy guidelines call for enhanced public participation in environmental management.

The bill gives anyone the ability to stake a mining claim, whether there are valuable minerals on the land or not.

This bill would address the long-standing inequities caused by the U.S. Supreme Court's 2009 decision in Carcieri v. Salazar.

The passage of single-tribe legislation will inevitably diminish the political will to achieve additional Carcieri fixes.