This notice is to advise you of a hearing before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. The hearing will be held on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, at 10:00 am in room 366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC.

The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on the following bills:

• S. 362, to allow certain Federal minerals to be mined consistent with the Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification, and for other purposes (Daines);
• S. 544, to provide for the location of multiple hardrock mining mill sites, to establish the Abandoned Hardrock Mine Fund, and for other purposes (Cortez Masto);
• S. 596, to establish a pilot program to support domestic critical material processing, and for other purposes (Hickenlooper);
• S. 714, to amend the Energy Act of 2020 to include critical materials in the definition of critical mineral, and for other purposes. (Lee);
• S. 789, to require reports on critical mineral and rare earth element resources around the world and a strategy for the development of advanced mining, refining, separation, and processing technologies, and for other purposes (Cornyn);
• S. 859, to modify the requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain land, and for other purposes (Luján).

The hearing will be webcast live on the Committee’s website, and an archived video will be available shortly after the hearing concludes. Witness testimony will be available on the website at the start of the hearing.