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Extends Federal Mineral Mapping Program Through 2031
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Extends Federal Mineral Mapping Program Through 2031

IntroducedJune 23, 2026
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Why This Matters
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Federal law authorizes funding for the underground resource mapping program only for fiscal years? 2022 through 2026.

This bill extends the federal Earth Mapping Resources Initiative, which maps underground mineral and energy resources across the U.S., for five more years. It also widens the technology and data the program can use.

If you live near land with possible critical minerals?, geothermal? heat, or natural hydrogen?, federal surveys of the ground beneath you could continue through 2031.
Who this affects
Mining and energy companies · Geologists and researchers · Residents near surveyed lands
What this bill changes
  1. 1Moves the program's funding authorization? from fiscal years 2022 through 2026 to fiscal years 2027 through 2031, without changing the dollar amount in this text.
  2. 2Allows mapping to use newer tools, including digital chemical testing of rocks and soil, real-time data collection, and data-driven analysis methods.
  3. 3Expands the resources being mapped to explicitly include geothermal energy, natural hydrogen, and other underground resource systems alongside critical minerals.

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