The U.S. Senate passed a measure by a 50-49 vote to overturn decisions by the Biden administration restricting mining on federal lands adjacent to Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The action reverses a 2022 cancellation of mineral leases and a 2023 20-year moratorium on mining and exploration in the area. The U.S. House passed a similar measure earlier this year, targeting access to minerals in the Duluth Complex.