119th Congress · introduced in the House · Feb 4, 2025
To allow certain Federal minerals to be mined consistent with the Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification, and for other purposes.
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Latest action (May 20, 2025): Subcommittee Hearings Held
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Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in House (Feb 4, 2025)
This bill authorizes coal to be mined on approximately 800 acres of federal land in Musselshell County, Montana. Specifically, it allows all federal coal reserves in such federal land and leased under Federal Coal Lease MTM 97988 to be mined in accordance with the 2020 Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification. The Bull Mountains Mine is operated by Signal Peak Energy.
This bill directs the Department of the Interior, without modification or delay, to approve the Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification to the extent necessary to mine such land.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Subcommittee Hearings Held
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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GLOBAL MINING HOLDING COMPANY, LLC · lobbying firm or registrant: HOLLAND & HART LLP
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 21, 2025 · issue area: Natural Resources
$20,000
Paid to lobbying firm
Mining and minerals development; public land exchanges; HR 725, S 239, HR 931, S 362
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 20, 2025 · issue area: Natural Resources
$649,000
Spent on own lobbying
…o codify certain provisions of certain Executive Orders relating to domestic mining and hardrock mineral resources, and for other purposes, All Titles S. 263 / H.R. 931, To allow certain Federal minerals to be mined consistent with the Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification, and for other purposes, All Titles S. 1463 / H.R. 2…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · amended · posted Jul 21, 2025 · issue area: Natural Resources
$760,000
Spent on own lobbying
…To codify certain provisions of certain Executive Orders relating to domestic mining and hardrock mineral resources, and for other purposes, All Titles S. 263/H.R. 931, To allow certain Federal minerals to be mined consistent with the Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification, and for other purposes, All Titles S. 1463/H.R. 269…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
GLOBAL MINING HOLDING COMPANY, LLC · lobbying firm or registrant: HOLLAND & HART LLP
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 17, 2025 · issue area: Natural Resources
$60,000
Paid to lobbying firm
Mining and minerals development; public land exchanges; HR 725, S 239, HR 931, S 362
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
GLOBAL MINING HOLDING COMPANY, LLC · lobbying firm or registrant: HOLLAND & HART LLP
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 17, 2025 · issue area: Natural Resources
$60,000
Paid to lobbying firm
Mining and minerals development; public land exchanges; HR 725, S 239, HR 931, S 362
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing