Gold King Mine Spill Compensation Act of 2025
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- Senate Committee on the JudiciaryReferred To · 2025-02-13
Plain-English Summary
Gold King Mine Spill Compensation Act of 2025 This bill authorizes and provides funding for compensation for certain homeowners, livestock grazers, farmers, and companies who suffered damages as a result of the Gold King Mine spill on August 5, 2015, in southwest Colorado. To be eligible for compensation, a homeowner, livestock grazer, farmer, or company (1) must have submitted an administrative claim to the Environmental Protection Agency on or before August 5, 2017, that was denied or not fully compensated; and (2) must not have entered a settlement with the United States for an amount exceeding $2,500. Under the bill, covered damages include lost business income, expenses arising from relocating livestock and providing alternative water supplies, and crop loss or diminished crop yield.
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
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