Critical Minerals Supply Chain Resiliency Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5929 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5929

     To adjust the treatment of certain actions under Presidential 
Determination 2022-11 for Federal permitting improvement, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 7, 2025

   Mr. Barr introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
     To adjust the treatment of certain actions under Presidential 
Determination 2022-11 for Federal permitting improvement, 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 ``Critical Minerals Supply Chain 
Resiliency Act''.

SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF ACTIONS UNDER PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATION 2022-11 
              FOR FEDERAL PERMITTING IMPROVEMENT PURPOSES.

    (a) In General.--Except as provided by subsection (c), an action 
described in subsection (b) shall be--
            (1) treated as a covered project, as defined in section 
        41001(6) of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (42 
        U.S.C. 4370m(6)), without regard to the requirements of that 
        section; and
            (2) included in the Permitting Dashboard maintained 
        pursuant to section 41003(b) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 4370m-
        2(b)).
    (b) Actions Described.--An action described in this subsection is 
an action taken by the Secretary of Defense pursuant to Presidential 
Determination 2022-11 (87 Fed. Reg. 19775; relating to certain actions 
under section 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950) to create, 
maintain, protect, expand, or restore sustainable and responsible 
domestic production capabilities for strategic and critical materials 
through--
            (1) supporting feasibility studies for mature mining, 
        beneficiation, and value-added processing projects;
            (2) by-product and co-product production at existing 
        mining, mine waste reclamation, and other industrial 
        facilities;
            (3) modernization of mining, beneficiation, and value-added 
        processing to increase productivity, environmental 
        sustainability, and workforce safety; or
            (4) any other activity authorized under section 303(a)(1) 
        of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4533(a)(1)).
    (c) Exception.--An action described in subsection (b) may not be 
treated as a covered project or be included in the Permitting Dashboard 
under subsection (a) if the project sponsor (as defined in section 
41001(18) of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (42 U.S.C. 
4370m(18))) requests that the action not be treated as a covered 
project.
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