Protecting Domestic Mining Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill changes FAST Act permitting coverage for domestic mining. It amends the FAST Act definition of covered project to include mining and, in the later version, mineral processing before the catch-all category for any other sector.
The bill also blocks the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council from finalizing, implementing, administering, or enforcing its September 22, 2023 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."
Who Benefits and How
Mining companies, mineral processing companies, domestic mine developers, and permitting consultants benefit because their projects are expressly included in the FAST Act covered-project framework, which can provide coordinated federal permitting procedures. Domestic mining companies benefit from protection against the September 2023 proposed rule if that rule would narrow or revise eligibility for mining-sector projects.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council staff must treat mining and mineral processing as covered sectors and are barred from using funds or authority to finalize or enforce the September 2023 proposed rule. Federal permitting agency staff and environmental review administrators may need to coordinate more mining and mineral processing projects through FAST Act procedures.
Key Provisions
- Adds mining and mineral processing to the FAST Act covered-project definition.
- Prohibits the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council from finalizing, implementing, administering, or enforcing the September 22, 2023 proposed mining-scope rule.
- Requires federal permitting agency staff to treat mining and mineral processing projects as eligible for FAST Act covered-project coordination.
- Protects domestic mine developers from a proposed rule that could revise mining-sector eligibility.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Adds mining and mineral processing to the FAST Act covered-project definition and bars the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council from finalizing or enforcing its September 2023 proposed rule revising mining-sector FAST Act eligibility.
Key Policy Areas
Mining, Permitting, Natural Resources
Primary Purpose
Adds mining and mineral processing to the FAST Act covered-project definition and bars the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council from finalizing or enforcing its September 2023 proposed rule revising mining-sector FAST Act eligibility.
Policy Domains
Sections 2-3 - FAST Act mining and mineral processing coverage
Identified Gains
- Mining companies
- Mineral processing companies
- Domestic mine developers
- Permitting consultants
Identified Costs
- Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council staff
- Federal permitting agency staff
- Environmental review administrators
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
ReportedReported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. …
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 601.
Additional sponsor: Mr. Griffith
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the …
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute …
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged
Subcommittee Hearings Held
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Mr. Shreve (for himself and Mr. Moore of Utah) introduced …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Mineral processing project sponsors, Mining project sponsors
Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council, Federal permitting agencies
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_council"
- → Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
The FAST Act covered-project definition is amended to include mining and mineral processing.
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