H.R. 1501

Protecting Domestic Mining Act of 2025

Sponsor: Jefferson Shreve · 2 cosponsors

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Official summary

Written by the Congressional Research Service.

Protecting Domestic Mining Act of 2025

This bill provides statutory authority for federal agencies to expedite the environmental review of certain mining infrastructure projects.

Specifically, the bill permanently makes certain mining infrastructure projects eligible for expedited environmental review under the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act). This provides statutory authority for similar authorities that were included in the rule titled Adding Mining as a Sector of Projects Eligible for Coverage Under Title 41 of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act and issued by the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council (Permitting Council) on January 8, 2021.

The bill also prohibits the Permitting Council from finalizing its 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 and issued on September 22, 2023. Among other modifications, the rule proposes to limit the types of mining projects that are eligible for the expedited environmental review process. Specifically, the proposed rule limits the expedited process to critical minerals mining projects.

Text of the bill

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Sec. 2. Definition of covered project Changed · Jun 9

Where this section came from

  1. Feb 21, 2025 · Introduced in House Referred to House Committee on Natural Resources, Feb 21
  2. Jun 9, 2026 · Reported in House Marked up by House Committee on Natural Resources, Apr 21 Reported by House Committee on Natural Resources, Jun 9 Committee members' individual votes aren't in our records.
What changed in the text

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.

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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.