[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 1501 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 601
119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 1501

                          [Report No. 119-691]

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 21, 2025

Mr. Shreve (for himself and Mr. Moore of Utah) introduced the following 
     bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

                              June 9, 2026

                    Additional sponsor: Mr. Griffith

                              June 9, 2026

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
    [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on 
                           February 21, 2025]


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                                 A BILL


 
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).
                                                 Union Calendar No. 601

119th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 1501

                          [Report No. 119-691]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

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

_______________________________________________________________________

                              June 9, 2026

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed