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H.R. 6391 · 119th Congress

Save Oak Flat from Foreign Mining Act

IntroducedPublic Lands and Natural Resources
IntroducedDec 3, 2025
Passed HouseNot yet
Passed SenateNot yet
To PresidentNot yet
Became lawNot yet

Where it stands

Introduced. Latest step, Dec 3, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. It would change 1 section of existing law and would add 2 new provisions of its own.

How this bill changes the law

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H.R. 6391 would change 1 section of existing law, and would create 2 new provisions of its own. Read from the bill text as introduced in the House (Dec 3, 2025).

Public Law 113-291 An earlier law, changed directly

New provisions of the bill's own

  • Sec. 2 Findings
  • Sec. 3 Definitions
What the words would change: every change, in place (1)

Today's wording of each part of the law, with what would be struck out and added. Each change also gives the bill's own instruction, word for word.

  1. Public Law 113-291repealedby H.R. 6391 Sec. 4(a)

    The bill says: Section 3003 of Public Law 113–291 (16 U.S.C. 539p) is repealed.

    Bill text

From the bill's official text on GovInfo and the U.S. Code, latest edition, which may not yet show changes made since.

What it does

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Our plain-language breakdown, with what it means for you and the case for and against, is written once a bill starts to move.

What has happened

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  1. Dec 3, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.House floor actions
  2. Dec 3, 2025Introduced in HouseLibrary of Congress
  3. Dec 3, 2025Introduced in HouseLibrary of Congress

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Cosponsors

  • Julia Brownley D-CA-26
  • Salud O. Carbajal D-CA-24
  • André Carson D-IN-7
  • Ed Case D-HI-1
  • Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. D-CA-31
  • Steve Cohen D-TN-9
  • Sharice Davids D-KS-3
  • Suzan K. DelBene D-WA-1
  • Lloyd Doggett D-TX-37
  • Jahana Hayes D-CT-5
  • Val T. Hoyle D-OR-4
  • Jared Huffman D-CA-2
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  • Sydney Kamlager-Dove D-CA-37
  • Raja Krishnamoorthi D-IL-8
  • Teresa Leger Fernandez D-NM-3
  • Ted Lieu D-CA-36
  • Zoe Lofgren D-CA-18
  • Betty McCollum D-MN-4
  • Dave Min D-CA-47
  • Gwen Moore D-WI-4
  • Joseph D. Morelle D-NY-25
  • Joe Neguse D-CO-2
  • Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC-At Large
  • Chellie Pingree D-ME-1
  • Mark Pocan D-WI-2
  • Delia C. Ramirez D-IL-3
  • Emily Randall D-WA-6
  • Raul Ruiz D-CA-25
  • Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL-9
  • Melanie A. Stansbury D-NM-1
  • Rashida Tlaib D-MI-12
  • Jill N. Tokuda D-HI-2
  • Norma J. Torres D-CA-35
  • Derek Tran D-CA-45