Save Oak Flat from Foreign Mining Act

This bill would repeal a 2014 federal law that directs the Forest Service to transfer about 2,422 acres of land known as Oak Flat, in Arizona's Tonto National Forest, to Resolution Copper, a company owned by the mining firms Rio Tinto and BHP. It would also withdraw Oak Flat from being claimed, sold, or transferred under public land laws, from mining claims and patents, and from mineral and geothermal leasing. Valid rights that exist when the bill becomes law would not be affected. The bill includes findings about the companies' ownership, copper exports to China, and the mine's expected water use and effects on Native American cultural sites.

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Sponsors

• Adelita S. Grijalva Democrat sponsor
• 34 cosponsors