Raúl Grijalva: “Just to thank Mr. Young, although the accolades are flowing today. Thank you very much for the legislation.”

This bill is not just a give-away to the mining industry. It is a wholesale giveaway of our public lands.

The 1872 Mining Law is an outdated law that has failed to protect communities like mine.

To merely open the floodgates to the use of our public lands without any protections, due process, community involvement... is going back to a time that got us into this situation.

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.