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The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), (H.R. 3684) is a United States federal statute enacted by the 117th United States Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden on November 15, 2021. It was introduced in the House as the INVEST in America Act and nicknamed the ...
This was when the Minister of State for Minerals, Peter Lokeris, on 7 December 2021 presented the long-awaited Bill the Mining and Minerals Bill, 2021 to the committee for scrutiny. This bill was meant to repeal the Mining Act, of 2003 which had become ‘inadequate’ and ‘obsolete’ in protecting and streamlining the mining sector in Uganda.
The act was amended by The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2015 replacing the ordinance promulgated on 12 January 2015. [5] [6] The bill sought to bring transparency to the allocation of mining licence process by auctions. [7] It was passed in the Lok Sabha on 3 March 2015 and in the Rajya Sabha on 20 March 2015 ...
The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Bill, 2011, inter alia, provides for the following, namely A simple and transparent mechanism with clear and enforceable timelines for grant of mining lease or prospecting licence through competitive bidding in areas of known mineralization, and on the basis of first-in-time in areas where ...
Critical Raw Materials Act. Since 2011 the European Commission has assessed every 3 years a list of Critical Raw Materials (CRMs) for the EU economy within its Raw Materials Initiative. To date, 14 CRMs were identified in 2011, 20 in 2014, 27 in 2017 and 30 in 2020. [1] These materials are mainly used in energy transition and digital ...
On August 7, 2022, following the vote-a-rama, an unlimited marathon voting session on amendments, that lasted nearly 16 hours, the Senate passed the bill (as amended) on a 51–50 vote, with all Democrats voting in favor, all Republicans voting against, and Vice President Kamala Harris breaking the tie. [3]
On June 12, 2021, hundreds of people attended a rally in Reno, Nevada to protest the Thacker Pass lithium mine. [134] In January 2022, Gary McKinney, a spokesperson for the People of Red Mountain, said they had recently removed their protest camp from Thacker Pass and split from joint opposition with Falk and Wilbert over concerns regarding ...
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 is a $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill passed by the 117th United States Congress on March 14, 2022 and signed into law by President Joe Biden the following day. [1][2] The law includes $13.6 billion in aid to Ukraine as part of the United States' response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. [1][2]