Gold King Mine Spill Compensation Act of 2025 has not moved since its introduction on Feb 13, 2025, with no cosponsors
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 123 words.
Gold King Mine Spill Compensation Act of 2025 This bill authorizes and provides funding for compensation for certain homeowners, livestock grazers, farmers, and companies who suffered damages as a result of the Gold King Mine spill on August 5, 2015, in southwest Colorado. To be eligible for compensation, a homeowner, livestock grazer, farmer, or company (1) must have submitted an administrative claim to the Environmental Protection Agency on or before August 5, 2017, that was denied or not fully compensated; and (2) must not have entered a settlement with the United States for an amount exceeding $2,500. Under the bill, covered damages include lost business income, expenses arising from relocating livestock and providing alternative water supplies, and crop loss or diminished crop yield.
- Committees
- House Budget Committee
House Judiciary Committee - Policy area
- Law: 21 of 781 bills became law, 113th–118th (2.7%)
- Sponsor
- 1 of 27 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in house · 1,489 words
- Subjects
- AccidentsAdministrative remediesAgricultural conservation and pollutionColoradoCongressional oversightDisaster relief and insurance +8 more
- Latest action
- Feb 13, 2025: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Identical or companion · 1
- 119th S. 568 Gold King Mine Spill Compensation Act of 2025 D · Introduced