A Focus on Mining

Preface; Policy Topics and Background Related to Mining on Federal Lands; Mining on Federal Lands: More Than 800 Operations Authorized to Mine and Total Mineral Production Is Unknown; Illicit Mining: Threats to U.S. National Security and International Human Rights; The Irreparable Environmental and Cultural Impacts of the Proposed Resolution Copper Mining Operation; The Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund: Reauthorization Issues in the 116th Congress; The Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund: Issues and Legislation in the 116th Congress; Index.