Gold King Mine Spill Compensation Act of 2025
HR 1315, the Gold King Mine Spill Compensation Act of 2025, establishes a process for eligible individuals and businesses to receive federal compensation for specific damages caused by the 2015 Gold King Mine spill in Colorado. It covers losses like personal injury, lost business income (excluding vacation rentals), livestock relocation costs, and crop damage incurred between August 5 and December 31, 2015, but excludes response costs and emotional distress. The EPA Administrator must review eligible claims (submitted by August 5, 2017) within 180 days, paying up to $3.3 million total for covered damages, with acceptance of payment releasing all future claims related to the spill. This applies only to those who haven’t previously settled for over $2,500 and meet strict eligibility criteria.
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Introduced Feb 13, 2025
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Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Jeff Hurd
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