3.0.0 145 2023-01-11T13:34:07Z 2023-01-11T13:34:07Z Senate S 2017-01-12 115 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-01-12T22:38:01Z National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act 115 520 HR 2018-04-11 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 482. Identical bill CRS 2017-01-12 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2017-01-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001041 Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] Dean Heller R NV N C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2017-01-24 False R000584 Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] James Risch R ID E. 2017-02-28 False Public Lands and Natural Resources Administrative law and regulatory procedures Alternative and renewable resources Department of Agriculture Department of the Interior Electric power generation and transmission Energy storage, supplies, demand Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Forests, forestry, trees Infrastructure development Land use and conservation Licensing and registrations Mining Oil and gas Pipelines Strategic materials and reserves Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2017-01-12 Introduced in Senate 2017-07-17T14:44:09Z National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act

This bill addresses the mine permitting process.

Under the bill, projects that provide minerals vital to job creation, energy infrastructure, American economic competitiveness, and national security must be considered to be "infrastructure projects" as described in Executive Order 13604, entitled "Improving Performance of Federal Permitting and Review of Infrastructure Projects" dated March 22, 2012.This order directed federal agencies to significantly reduce the time required to make permitting and review decisions on infrastructure projects.

The bill sets forth general requirements for an existing mineral exploration or mine permit application.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM)or the Forest Service shall appoint a project lead for the mine permitting process to coordinate with other agencies to ensure that the agencies: minimize delays, set and adhere to timelines for completion of the permitting process, set clear permitting goals, and track progress against goals.

The requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969are satisfied if the BLM or the Forest Service determines that the agency issuing the permit will address specified factors, such as environmental impact, alternatives to issuance of the permit, or any irreversible and irretrievable commitment of resources that would be involved in the proposed action. The time period for completion of the mine permitting review process shall not exceed 30 months, except by mutual agreement.

Projects on National Forest System land shall be exempt from regulations that prohibit timber tree cutting and road construction in areas without roads.

The bill does not apply to oil, gas, and potash leasing and development within the designated potash areas of Eddy and Lea Counties, New Mexico.

]]> National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act Display Title National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to more efficiently develop domestic sources of the minerals and mineral materials of strategic and critical importance to the economic and national security and manufacturing competitiveness of the United States, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act Introduced in Senate 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s145is/xml/BILLS-115s145is.xml 2017-01-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.