Raúl Grijalva: “The report found that Congress did nothing about the many other critical issues the Commission identified to improve…”

My bill, the Clean Energy Mineral Reform Act, would do just that.

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

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.