CLAIM Act of 2025

This bill changes the yearly fee that holders of hardrock mining claims on federal land pay to the Secretary of the Interior. The fee would depend on how close a claim is to a national park unit or national monument, ranging from $1,100 for claims inside those areas to $300 for claims more than 30 miles away. Small miners who meet limits on claims, acreage, and income and who use only hand tools and similar methods would not have to pay the fee. Fees would be adjusted for inflation at least every 5 years, and money left over after running the mining program would be split among abandoned mine cleanup, tribal historic preservation, states, and two federal land funds.

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Sponsors

• Melanie A. Stansbury Democrat sponsor
• 1 cosponsors