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

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 1501

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                                 AN ACT


 
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, mineral processing,'' 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).

            Passed the House of Representatives September 2, 2026.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.
119th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 1501

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

To amend the FAST Act to include certain mineral production activities 
             as a covered project, and for other purposes.