119 HR 5929 IH: Critical Minerals Supply Chain Resiliency Act U.S. House of Representatives 2025-11-07 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. 5929IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESNovember 7, 2025Mr. Barr introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural ResourcesA BILLTo adjust the treatment of certain actions under Presidential Determination 2022–11 for Federal permitting improvement, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Critical Minerals Supply Chain Resiliency Act.

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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.