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S 544 — Mining Regulatory Clarity Act

Congress 119

Latest action: — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 334.

Sponsors

Lobbied by (9)

LDA filings that named this bill in their activity descriptions. The lobbying firm (registrant) is paid by the client to lobby on this and related issues.

FilingPeriodRegistrant (lobbying firm)ClientIncomeMatched
1st Quarter - Amendment2026 first_quarterMARCUS G. FAUST, PCIONEER USA CORPORATION$30,000S. 544
1st Quarter - Report2026 first_quarterMARCUS G. FAUST, PCIONEER USA CORPORATION$30,000S. 544
1st Quarter - Report2026 first_quarterBARRICK GOLD OF NORTH AMERICABARRICK GOLD OF NORTH AMERICA—S. 544
1st Quarter - Report2026 first_quarterCASSIDY & ASSOCIATES, INC.BARRICK GOLD OF NORTH AMERICA INC.$100,000S. 544
1st Quarter - Report2026 first_quarterTHE SMITH-FREE GROUP, LLCRESOLUTION COPPER MINING LLC$30,000S. 544
1st Quarter - Report2026 first_quarterCASSIDY & ASSOCIATES, INC.PERPETUA RESOURCES$50,000S.544
1st Quarter - Report2026 first_quarterCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITYCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY—S. 544
1st Quarter - Report2026 first_quarterHOLLAND & KNIGHT LLPKINROSS GOLD U.S.A., INC.$60,000S. 544
1st Quarter - Report2026 first_quarterAMERICAN EXPLORATION & MINING ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN EXPLORATION & MINING ASSOCIATION—S. 544

Action timeline

  1. — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  2. · 10000 — Introduced in Senate
  3. — Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-46.
  4. — Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
  5. — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 334.
  6. — Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee without amendment. With written report No. 119-105.
  7. · 14000 — Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee without amendment. With written report No. 119-105.

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Inbound (9)

datefromtypeamountrolesource
2026-01-01PERPETUA RESOURCES, CORP.lobbies_on_bill—S.544lobbying_bill_mention
2026-01-01CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITYlobbies_on_bill—S. 544lobbying_bill_mention
2026-01-01IONEER USA CORPORATIONlobbies_on_bill—S. 544lobbying_bill_mention
2026-01-01BARRICK GOLD OF NORTH AMERICAlobbies_on_bill—S. 544lobbying_bill_mention
2026-01-01AMERICAN EXPLORATION & MINING ASSOCIATIONlobbies_on_bill—S. 544lobbying_bill_mention
2026-01-01KINROSS GOLD U.S.A., INC.lobbies_on_bill—S. 544lobbying_bill_mention
2026-01-01RESOLUTION COPPER MINING LLClobbies_on_bill—S. 544lobbying_bill_mention
2026-01-01BARRICK GOLD OF NORTH AMERICAlobbies_on_bill—S. 544lobbying_bill_mention
2025-02-12Cortez Masto, Catherinesponsor_of_bill—sponsorsponsorship

Who matters

Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.

#MemberRoleSpeechesVotedScore
1Cortez Masto, Catherine (D, senate NV)sponsor3—8

Who's influencing them

Orgs ranked by combined money flow on this bill: LDA filings citing the bill + individual contributions in cycle 2026from donors whose employer matches the org name (Schedule A) to any principal committee in the "who matters" list above.

#OrgLDA filingsLDA spendDonor employeesEmployee donationsTotal
1BARRICK GOLD OF NORTH AMERICA INC.1$100,0000$0$100,000
2KINROSS GOLD U.S.A., INC.1$60,0000$0$60,000
3IONEER USA CORPORATION2$60,0000$0$60,000
4PERPETUA RESOURCES1$50,0000$0$50,000
5RESOLUTION COPPER MINING LLC1$30,0000$0$30,000
6not employed0$0234$10,712$10,712
7apollo global management0$01$3,000$3,000
8apollo0$01$3,000$3,000
9public strategies washington0$01$2,500$2,500
10westpac welath0$01$1,500$1,500
11self-employed0$035$1,263$1,263
12mm coastal wealth0$01$1,000$1,000
13massmutual0$01$500$500
14weis law group0$01$250$250
15nasa0$01$150$150
16teichert foundation0$01$125$125
17smh0$01$112$112
18premier financial planning inc.0$01$100$100
19audubon0$01$62$62
20matgias, inc.0$01$50$50
21verita llc0$01$50$50
22baker hughes0$01$50$50
23dana-farber0$01$50$50
24msa0$01$49$49
25equitable0$01$40$40

Predicted vote

Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.

1 predicted yes (0%) · 280 predicted no (52%) · 262 unknown (48%)

By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 1 yes / 0 no / 262 unknown · I: 0 yes / 3 no

1 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)

Activity

Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.

  1. 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by BARRICK GOLD OF NORTH AMERICA (s. 544) · lobbying_bill_mention
  2. 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by PERPETUA RESOURCES, CORP. (s.544) · lobbying_bill_mention
  3. 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by BARRICK GOLD OF NORTH AMERICA (s. 544) · lobbying_bill_mention
  4. 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY (s. 544) · lobbying_bill_mention
  5. 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by AMERICAN EXPLORATION & MINING ASSOCIATION (s. 544) · lobbying_bill_mention
  6. 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by RESOLUTION COPPER MINING LLC (s. 544) · lobbying_bill_mention
  7. 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by IONEER USA CORPORATION (s. 544) · lobbying_bill_mention
  8. 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by KINROSS GOLD U.S.A., INC. (s. 544) · lobbying_bill_mention
  9. 2025-02-12 · sponsored by Cortez Masto, Catherine (sponsor) · sponsorship

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