Mineral Mining Parity Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6862 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6862

To amend the FAST Act to include certain mineral production activities 
             as a covered project, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 19, 2023

    Mr. Lamborn (for himself, Mr. Moore of Utah, and Mr. Newhouse) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the FAST Act to include certain mineral production activities 
             as a covered project, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. DEFINITION OF COVERED PROJECT.

    Section 41001(6)(A) of the FAST Act (42 U.S.C. 4370m(6)(A)) is 
amended by inserting ``mineral production,'' before ``or any other 
sector''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION AGAINST FINALIZING, IMPLEMENTING, OR ENFORCING THE 
              PROPOSED RULE RELATED TO THE SCOPE OF MINING UNDER THE 
              FAST ACT.

    The Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council may not 
finalize, implement, or enforce the proposed rule titled ``Revising 
Scope of the Mining Sector of Projects That Are Eligible for Coverage 
Under Title 41 of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act'' (88 
Fed. Reg. 65350; September 22, 2023).
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