WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release on Dec. 13, 2024: This week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed Senators Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), and Jim Risch's (R-ID) Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act, bipartisan, bicameral legislation that will cut red tape to make it easier for "Good Samaritans," such as state agencies, nonprofits, and other groups, to clean up and improve water quality in and around aband more PR