Signed by Governor Kelly Armstrong

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to adopt a conference report and pass a bill that authorizes certain rare earth mineral development in North Dakota.

Highlights:

• Authorizes the following rare earth mineral development in North Dakota, including (Sec. 1):

• Aluminum;

• Antimony;

• Arsenic;

• Astatine;

• Barite;

• Bauxite,

• Beryllium;

• Bismuth;

• Cerium;

• Cesium;

• Chromium;

• Cobalt;

• Erbium;

• Fluorspar;

• Friezium,

• Gallium;

• Germanium;

• Graphite;

• Hafnium;

• Helium;

• Indium;

• Lithium;

• Magnesium,

• Manganese;

• Neodymium;

• Niobium;

• Platinum group metals;

• Potash;

• The rare earth elements group;

• Rhenium;

• Rubidium;

• Samarium;

• Scandium;

• Stralium;

• Strontium,

• Tantalum;

• Tellurium;

• Thulium;

• Tin;

• Titanium;

• Tungsten;

• Uranium;

• Vanadium; and 

• Zirconium which are chemically bound, embedded, commingled, included, or contained within a coal seam or coal deposit.

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall declare an emergency and shall take effect immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor (Sec. 5).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to adopt a conference report and pass a bill that authorizes certain rare earth mineral development in North Dakota.

Highlights:

• Authorizes the following rare earth mineral development in North Dakota, including (Sec. 1):

• Aluminum;

• Antimony;

• Arsenic;

• Astatine;

• Barite;

• Bauxite,

• Beryllium;

• Bismuth;

• Cerium;

• Cesium;

• Chromium;

• Cobalt;

• Erbium;

• Fluorspar;

• Friezium,

• Gallium;

• Germanium;

• Graphite;

• Hafnium;

• Helium;

• Indium;

• Lithium;

• Magnesium,

• Manganese;

• Neodymium;

• Niobium;

• Platinum group metals;

• Potash;

• The rare earth elements group;

• Rhenium;

• Rubidium;

• Samarium;

• Scandium;

• Stralium;

• Strontium,

• Tantalum;

• Tellurium;

• Thulium;

• Tin;

• Titanium;

• Tungsten;

• Uranium;

• Vanadium; and 

• Zirconium which are chemically bound, embedded, commingled, included, or contained within a coal seam or coal deposit.

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall declare an emergency and shall take effect immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor (Sec. 5).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that authorizes certain rare earth mineral development in North Dakota.

Highlights:

• Authorizes the following rare earth mineral development in North Dakota, including (Sec. 1):

• Aluminum;

• Antimony;

• Arsenic;

• Astatine;

• Barite;

• Bauxite,

• Beryllium;

• Bismuth;

• Cerium;

• Cesium;

• Chromium;

• Cobalt;

• Erbium;

• Fluorspar;

• Friezium,

• Gallium;

• Germanium;

• Graphite;

• Hafnium;

• Helium;

• Indium;

• Lithium;

• Magnesium,

• Manganese;

• Neodymium;

• Niobium;

• Platinum group metals;

• Potash;

• The rare earth elements group;

• Rhenium;

• Rubidium;

• Samarium;

• Scandium;

• Stralium;

• Strontium,

• Tantalum;

• Tellurium;

• Thulium;

• Tin;

• Titanium;

• Tungsten;

• Uranium;

• Vanadium; and 

• Zirconium which are chemically bound, embedded, commingled, included, or contained within a coal seam or coal deposit.

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall declare an emergency and shall take effect immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor (Sec. 5).

Full Bill Text