Hardrock Mineral Leasing on Acquired Lands (MLAAL)

Current understanding

To be populated as evidence accumulates.

2026-04-27 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to Public Land Order No. 7917 for Withdrawal of Federal Lands; Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis Counties, MN.: cross-connection with blm-plo-7917-minnesota-lands-withdrawal-disapproval: The disapproval reinstates mineral leasing availability on acquired National Forest System lands governed by the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands framework. (novelty: 3)
2026-02-05 — Critical Mineral Dominance Act: cross-connection with critical-hardrock-mineral-production-federal-lands: The Critical Mineral Dominance Act’s mandate to expedite hardrock mineral production on federal lands complements the MLAAL framework governing hardrock leasing on acquired federal lands. (novelty: 3)
2026-06-10 — To amend the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands to make that Act applicable to hardrock minerals.: HR3872 (introduced) would amend the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands to define and include hardrock minerals within its scope, making all federally acquired lands eligible for hardrock mineral leasing under MLAAL rather than the 1872 Mining Law location-based system. (novelty: 3)