National Strategic Materials and Minerals Assessment Act of 1982
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National Strategic Materials and Minerals Assessment Act of 1982 - Transfers the uranium resource assessment program from the Department of Energy to the Department of the Interior. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a national strategic minerals and materials assessment program within the Department, utilizing the framework and personnel of the uranium program. Directs the Secretary to: (1) coordinate and evaluate the activities of the Federal Government; (2) classify the areas of potential strategic material and mineral deposits on public lands; (3) periodically review strategic materials and minerals issues; and (4) establish an early warning system to monitor supply and demand for such materials and minerals. Directs the Secretary to continually assess the materials and minerals on public lands in a manner not injurious to the habitat. States that nothing in this Act preempts any provision of the Wilderness Act or the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act except that the Secretary may initiate strategic materials and minerals assessments on public lands withdrawn from mineral entry to the extent such assessments can be accomplished with minimal surface disturbance.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on September 9, 1982. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on September 27, 1982: Referred to Subcommittee on Mines and Mining.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the House
- Passage by the Senate
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 97th Congress (1981-82), 473 of the 11,489 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 4.1 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
RAYMOND KOGOVSEK (D-CO) introduced it on September 9, 1982. No cosponsors are recorded.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on September 9, 1982, 16072 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 16054 days ago, on September 27, 1982.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 97th Congress has not finished by January 3, 1983 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- HouseIn committee, no floor vote yet
- SenateAwaits House passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers