[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S3448]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6318. Ms. SLOTKIN (for herself and Ms. Ernst) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4784, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1094. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN ACTIONS BY SECRETARY OF 
                   DEFENSE UNDER THE DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT OF 
                   1950 FOR FEDERAL PERMITTING IMPROVEMENT 
                   PURPOSES.

       (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (c), an 
     action described in subsection (b) shall be--
       (1) treated as a covered project, as defined in section 
     41001(6) of the FAST Act (42 U.S.C. 4370m(6)), without regard 
     to whether the action would qualify as a covered project 
     under 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) or the Presidential 
     Memorandum of February 27, 2023, titled ``Presidential Waiver 
     of Statutory Requirements Pursuant to Section 303 of the 
     Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, on Department of 
     Defense Supply Chains Resilience'' (88 Fed. Reg. 13015) to 
     create, maintain, protect, expand, or restore sustainable and 
     responsible domestic production capabilities through--
       (1) supporting feasibility studies for mature mining, 
     beneficiation, and value-added processing projects;
       (2) byproduct 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 FAST Act (42 
     U.S.C. 4370m(18))) requests that the action not be treated as 
     a covered project.
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