Bill stops a rock quarry from growing near Colorado hot springs
S. 5101 — Glenwood Hot Springs Protection Act · Filed by Michael Bennet (D-CO) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Jul 23, 2026 · Hearing held
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What it does
The bill tells the Secretary of the Interior to say no to the quarry. It blocks new mining permits on four plots of government land. The Bureau of Land Management runs this land in Garfield County, Colorado.
Who it affects
People near Glenwood Hot Springs get protection of the hot springs and land. A mining company cannot get new permits to dig more rock.
One thing to notice
The bill only stops growth on government land run by the Bureau of Land Management. Mining that is now going on can keep going.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Democrats.
- Jul 23, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Jul 23, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources”
- Sep 16, 2026 — Hearing held · Congress.gov: “Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- Secretary of the Interior — The government official who runs the Department of the Interior and approves land decisions
- Bureau of Land Management — The government agency that manages government land and decides who can use it
- mining permits — Official papers that let companies dig up rocks and other materials from the ground
- quarry — A big hole dug in the ground to remove rock for building and other uses
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,146 characters) on Sep 18, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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