The Secretary must take the steps needed within 90 days
To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, section 50204, Sec. 50204.
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The Secretary must take the steps needed within 90 days
The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of the InteriorHow: statuteSec. 50204 in the PDF
What the document says
“Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall, without substantial modification, take such steps as are necessary to authorize the mining of Federal land described in subsection (a).”
The section requires the Secretary of the Interior, within 90 days of enactment and without substantial modification, to take the steps needed to authorize mining of the federal land the section describes.
What the document actually says
“Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall, without substantial modification, take such steps as are necessary to authorize the mining of Federal land described in subsection (a).”
That sentence, in plain words
The Interior Secretary must act within 90 days of this law. The steps taken must not change the plan much.
What this is about
The steps are whatever is needed to allow the mining. The words without substantial modification limit what may be altered. The clock starts the day this law passed.
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Provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Public Law 119-21, sec. 50204, 139 Stat. 146 (2025). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ21/html/PLAW-119publ21.htm
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“The Secretary must take the steps needed within 90 days,” Provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, section 50204, Sec. 50204. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/pl-119-21/proposal/sec50204-steps/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).
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