Raúl Grijalva: “I would like to thank Representative Jared Huffman of California, the sponsor of the bill, for the legislation and the…”

This amendment says that this act cannot take effect until the Secretary certifies that the Bureau of Land Management and other Federal permitting agencies have sufficient staff and funding to actually comply with the deadlines established…

The mining industry, however, sits above all of that.

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

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