S. 362

Summary

S. 362, a bill to allow certain Federal minerals to be mined consistent with the Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification, and for other purposes, was introduced in the Senate on Feb 3, 2025 by Sen. Steve Daines (R) with 1 co-sponsor. It last saw action on Feb 11, 2026: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 332.

Record

Text

S. 362 has 1 co-sponsor.

119 S362 IS: To allow certain Federal minerals to be mined consistent with the Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification, and for other purposes.
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 2025-02-03
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 II  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  S. 362  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   February 3, 2025   Mr. Daines  (for himself and  Mr. Sheehy ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources    A BILL
To allow certain Federal minerals to be mined consistent with the Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification, and for other purposes.
1.
Authorization to mine Federal minerals
(a)
Definition of Bull Mountains mining plan modification
In this Act, the term  Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification  means Amendment 3, Bull Mountains Mine No. 1, Mining Plan Modification for Federal Coal Lease MTM 97988, that was approved by Department of the Interior Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management in a concurrence memorandum, dated November 18, 2020.
(b)
Mining of Federal minerals
(1)
In general
All Federal coal reserves leased under Federal Coal Lease MTM 97988 located in the Federal land described in subsection (c) are authorized to be mined in accordance with the Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification.
(2)
Requirement
Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall, without modification or delay, approve the Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification to the extent necessary to mine the Federal land described in subsection (c).
(c)
Description of Federal land
The Federal land referred to in subsection (b) is the following land, comprising 800 acres, more or less, located in T. 6 N., R. 27 E., Montana Principal Meridian, Musselshell County, Montana:
(1)
The NE 1/4  of section 8.
(2)
The SW 1/4  of section 10.
(3)
The W 1/2 , SE 1/4  of section 22.

Tracker

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CRS Summary

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Sponsors

Sen. Steve Daines (R) sponsors S. 362, and 1 member has co-sponsored it from the day it was introduced.

Steve Daines

Sen. · R–MT · Sponsor

Introduced Feb 3, 2025

Tim Sheehy

Sen. · R–MT · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 3, 2025 · Original

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Committees

S. 362 went before 1 committee: Energy and Natural Resources.

Energy and Natural Resources

Energy and Natural Resources

Reported By · Feb 11, 2026 · 314 Bills

Reports

1 committee report has been filed on S. 362, the latest S. Rept. 119-103.

• S. Rept. 119-103 — BULL MOUNTAINS MINING PLAN MODIFICATION

Actions

S. 362 has taken 6 actions since Feb 3, 2025, the latest on Feb 11, 2026.

Votes

S. 362 has not gone to a roll call.

Related bills

1 bill is related to S. 362, as Identical bill.

HR 931To allow certain Federal minerals to be mined consistent with the Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification, and for other purposes.May 20, 2025 · Subcommittee Hearings Held · Identical bill

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Titles

S. 362 goes by 2 titles.

• A bill to allow certain Federal minerals to be mined consistent with the Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced
• A bill to allow certain Federal minerals to be mined consistent with the Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification, and for other purposes. — Display Title

Lobbying

3 clients hired 3 firms and 31 registered lobbyists who named S. 362 in 10 quarterly filings, 2025. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Agriculture, Budget/Appropriations, Energy/Nuclear, Government Issues, Natural Resources, Clean Air and Water (quality), Animals.

Clients

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Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 31.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 362 under Energy, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 3 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 362’s is Energy.

Legislative Subjects

S. 362 carries 3 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Environmental assessment, monitoring, research to Montana.

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