119 HR 4781 IH: Rare Earth Solutions and Carbon Utilization Enhancement Act of 2025 U.S. House of Representatives 2025-07-29 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I119th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 4781IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESJuly 29, 2025Mr. Barr (for himself, Mr. Peters, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mrs. Bice, Mr. Harrigan, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Fallon, Mr. Newhouse, Mr. Nehls, and Mr. Downing) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural ResourcesA BILLTo amend the FAST Act to add activities relating to the extraction, recovery, or processing of certain materials to the definition of a critical project, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Rare Earth Solutions and Carbon Utilization Enhancement Act of 2025 or the RESCUE Act of 2025.

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Permit process for projects relating to extraction, recovery, or processing of certain materials

Section 41001(6)(A) of the FAST Act (42 U.S.C. 4370m(6)(A)) is amended— (1)in clause (iii)(III), by striking or at the end; (2)in clause (iv)(II), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or; and (3)by adding at the end the following: (v)is related to the extraction, recovery, or processing from acid mine drainage, mine tailings, coal, coal waste, coal processing waste, or pre- or post-combustion coal byproducts of— (I)a mineral of a kind that is locatable under the Mining Law of 1872 (30 U.S.C. 22 et seq.), including such a mineral located on lands acquired by the United States (as that term is defined in section 2 of the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands (30 U.S.C. 351)); (II)a rare earth element; or (III)microfine carbon or carbon from coal..