Raúl Grijalva: “No question that our 150-year-old mining laws need reform.”

Future exploration or mining activities at the site not only threatens the health and welfare of tribal members.

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

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

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.