Lujan (D-NM): Amendment No. 1—Exclude all Native American sacred and cultural sites from the land conveyance as determined by the Secretary of the Interior.
Y 189
N 233
Markey (D-MA): Amendment No. 2—Replaces existing payment by Resolution Copper with an eight percent royalty to the United States on all locatable minerals produced in commercial quantities from the federal land the company receives in the exchange.
Y 173
N 238
Grijalva (D-AZ): Amendment No. 3—Requires that Resolution Copper agree to:
• Locate and maintain the remote operation center for mining operations in Superior, Arizona for the duration of operations;
• Actively recruit and provide an employment preference for qualified applicants who reside in Arizona.
• Ensure that all locatable minerals produced in commercial quantities from the conveyed federal land remain in the U.S. for processing and use; and
• Ensure that all equipment used to mine or support mining activities is made in the U.S.
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