House Votes to Overturn Minnesota Mining Ban, Sending Bill to Senate

Reversing the ban will protect jobs and strengthen national security, Rep. Pete Stauber (R-Minn.) said.

Rep. Pete Stauber (R-Minn.) speaks as President Donald Trump and others listen, during an event in Duluth, Minn., on June 20, 2018. Scott Olson/Getty Images

The House of Representatives on Jan. 21 approved overturning a 20-year ban on mining in a national forest in Minnesota that was implemented under former President Joe Biden.

The Senate will now decide on the measure. If the upper chamber also passes the bill, it would head to the desk of President Donald Trump, who said on the campaign trail he wanted to overturn the ban on mining in the Superior National Forest.