Protecting Domestic Mining Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1501 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1501

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

                           February 21, 2025

Mr. Shreve (for himself and Mr. Moore of Utah) 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Domestic Mining Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF COVERED PROJECT.

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

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION AGAINST FINALIZING, IMPLEMENTING, OR ENFORCING 
              PROPOSED RULE RELATED TO SCOPE OF MINING UNDER FAST ACT.

    The Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council may not 
finalize, implement, administer, 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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