Raúl Grijalva: “Thank you very much.”

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

We believe strongly that the solution is not singling out one tribe for favorable treatment to the detriment of others.

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

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