S 544 — Mining Regulatory Clarity Act
Congress 119 · introduced 2025-02-12
Latest action: — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 334.
Sponsors
- Cortez Masto, Catherine (D, NV-S) — sponsor · 2025-02-12
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.
| Filing | Period | Registrant (lobbying firm) | Client | Income | Matched |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Quarter - Amendment | 2026 first_quarter | MARCUS G. FAUST, PC | IONEER USA CORPORATION | $30,000 | S. 544 |
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | MARCUS G. FAUST, PC | IONEER USA CORPORATION | $30,000 | S. 544 |
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | BARRICK GOLD OF NORTH AMERICA | BARRICK GOLD OF NORTH AMERICA | — | S. 544 |
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | CASSIDY & ASSOCIATES, INC. | BARRICK GOLD OF NORTH AMERICA INC. | $100,000 | S. 544 |
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | THE SMITH-FREE GROUP, LLC | RESOLUTION COPPER MINING LLC | $30,000 | S. 544 |
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | CASSIDY & ASSOCIATES, INC. | PERPETUA RESOURCES | $50,000 | S.544 |
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY | CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY | — | S. 544 |
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP | KINROSS GOLD U.S.A., INC. | $60,000 | S. 544 |
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | AMERICAN EXPLORATION & MINING ASSOCIATION | AMERICAN EXPLORATION & MINING ASSOCIATION | — | S. 544 |
Action timeline
- — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- · 10000 — Introduced in Senate
- — Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-46.
- — Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 334.
- — Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee without amendment. With written report No. 119-105.
- · 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)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-01 | PERPETUA RESOURCES, CORP. | lobbies_on_bill | — | S.544 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY | lobbies_on_bill | — | S. 544 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | IONEER USA CORPORATION | lobbies_on_bill | — | S. 544 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | BARRICK GOLD OF NORTH AMERICA | lobbies_on_bill | — | S. 544 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | AMERICAN EXPLORATION & MINING ASSOCIATION | lobbies_on_bill | — | S. 544 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | KINROSS GOLD U.S.A., INC. | lobbies_on_bill | — | S. 544 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | RESOLUTION COPPER MINING LLC | lobbies_on_bill | — | S. 544 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | BARRICK GOLD OF NORTH AMERICA | lobbies_on_bill | — | S. 544 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2025-02-12 | Cortez Masto, Catherine | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
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.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cortez Masto, Catherine (D, senate NV) | sponsor | 3 | — | 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.
| # | Org | LDA filings | LDA spend | Donor employees | Employee donations | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BARRICK GOLD OF NORTH AMERICA INC. | 1 | $100,000 | 0 | $0 | $100,000 |
| 2 | KINROSS GOLD U.S.A., INC. | 1 | $60,000 | 0 | $0 | $60,000 |
| 3 | IONEER USA CORPORATION | 2 | $60,000 | 0 | $0 | $60,000 |
| 4 | PERPETUA RESOURCES | 1 | $50,000 | 0 | $0 | $50,000 |
| 5 | RESOLUTION COPPER MINING LLC | 1 | $30,000 | 0 | $0 | $30,000 |
| 6 | not employed | 0 | $0 | 234 | $10,712 | $10,712 |
| 7 | apollo global management | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,000 | $3,000 |
| 8 | apollo | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,000 | $3,000 |
| 9 | public strategies washington | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| 10 | westpac welath | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 11 | self-employed | 0 | $0 | 35 | $1,263 | $1,263 |
| 12 | mm coastal wealth | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 13 | massmutual | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 14 | weis law group | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 15 | nasa | 0 | $0 | 1 | $150 | $150 |
| 16 | teichert foundation | 0 | $0 | 1 | $125 | $125 |
| 17 | smh | 0 | $0 | 1 | $112 | $112 |
| 18 | premier financial planning inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $100 | $100 |
| 19 | audubon | 0 | $0 | 1 | $62 | $62 |
| 20 | matgias, inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $50 | $50 |
| 21 | verita llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $50 | $50 |
| 22 | baker hughes | 0 | $0 | 1 | $50 | $50 |
| 23 | dana-farber | 0 | $0 | 1 | $50 | $50 |
| 24 | msa | 0 | $0 | 1 | $49 | $49 |
| 25 | equitable | 0 | $0 | 1 | $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)
- Cortez Masto, Catherine (D · senate · NV) · sponsor
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.
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by BARRICK GOLD OF NORTH AMERICA (s. 544) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by PERPETUA RESOURCES, CORP. (s.544) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by BARRICK GOLD OF NORTH AMERICA (s. 544) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY (s. 544) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by AMERICAN EXPLORATION & MINING ASSOCIATION (s. 544) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by RESOLUTION COPPER MINING LLC (s. 544) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by IONEER USA CORPORATION (s. 544) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by KINROSS GOLD U.S.A., INC. (s. 544) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2025-02-12 · sponsored by Cortez Masto, Catherine (sponsor) · sponsorship