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1st Session

COMMITTEE PRINT NO. 4

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COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

GEORGE MILLER, California, Chairman

PHILIP R. SHARP, Indiana

EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massachusetts
AUSTIN J. MURPHY, Pennsylvania
NICK JOE RAHALL, II, West Virginia
BRUCE F. VENTO, Minnesota
PAT WILLIAMS, Montana
BEVERLY B. BYRON, Maryland
RON DE LUGO, Virgin Islands
SAM GEJDENSON, Connecticut
PETER H. KOSTMAYER, Pennsylvania
RICHARD H. LEHMAN, California
BILL RICHARDSON, New Mexico
GEORGE (BUDDY) DARDEN, Georgia
PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana
JAMIE B. FUSTER, Puerto Rico
MEL LEVINE, California
WAYNE OWENS, Utah

JOHN LEWIS, Georgia

BEN NIGHTHORSE CAMPBELL, Colorado

PETER A. DEFAZIO, Oregon

ENI F.H. FALEOMAVAEGA, American
Samoa

TIM JOHNSON, South Dakota

CHARLES E. SCHUMER, New York

JIM JONTZ, Indiana

PETER HOAGLAND, Nebraska

HARRY JOHNSTON, Florida
LARRY LAROCCO, Idaho

DON YOUNG, Alaska,

Ranking Republican Member
ROBERT J. LAGOMARSINO, California
RON MARLENEE, Montana
JAMES V. HANSEN, Utah

BARBARA F. VUCANOVICH, Nevada
BEN GARRIDO BLAZ, Guam
JOHN J. RHODES III, Arizona
ELTON GALLEGLY, California
ROBERT F. SMITH, Oregon
CRAIG, THOMAS, Wyoming
JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR., Tennessee
RICHARD T. SCHULZE, Pennsylvania
JOEL HEFLEY, Colorado

CHARLES H. TAYLOR, North Carolina
JOHN T. DOOLITTLE, California
WAYNE ALLARD, Colorado

DAN BEARD, Staff Director
DICK MELTZER, General Counsel

DANIEL VAL KISH, Republican Staff Director

(II)

LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

June 24, 1991

Members of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs

U.S. House of Representatives

Washington, D.C.

Dear Colleagues:

I am pleased to transmit to you a copy of perhaps the first-ever compilation of the major mining and mineral resource laws under the jurisdiction of our Committee.

From gold on public domain lands and manganese nodules on the ocean floor, to geothermal, oil, gas and coal, these laws govern the development of a wide variety of fuel and non-fuel mineral resources that are so important to the security of the Nation. The Committee jurisdiction over these laws is with the Subcommittee on Mining and Natural Resources, chaired by our colleague Nick Rahall. The enclosed compilation includes the three major reforms to these laws enacted under his tenure; namely, the Federal Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing Act of 1987, the Geothermal Steam Act Amendments of 1988, and the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Act of 1990. These modifications, along with Chairman Rahall's efforts to reform the Mining Law of 1872, are a reminder that few things remain static, and as such, copies of this compilation can also be obtained in looseleaf binder format.

Sincerely yours,

(III)

GEORGE MILLER
Chairman

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