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2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2623 |
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5 | 5 | | To require that certain actions taken by the Secretary of Defense be treated |
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6 | 6 | | as an eligible transportation project, and for other purposes. |
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7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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8 | 8 | | APRIL13, 2023 |
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9 | 9 | | Ms. S |
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10 | 10 | | LOTKIN(for herself, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. WALTZ, Mr. SWALWELL, Ms. |
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11 | 11 | | T |
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12 | 12 | | ITUS, and Mr. COSTA) introduced the following bill; which was referred |
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13 | 13 | | to the Committee on Natural Resources |
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14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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15 | 15 | | To require that certain actions taken by the Secretary of |
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16 | 16 | | Defense be treated as an eligible transportation project, |
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17 | 17 | | and for other purposes. |
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18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Permit Reform In Min-4 |
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22 | 22 | | ing for Energy and Defense Act’’ or the ‘‘PRIMED Act’’. 5 |
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25 | 25 | | •HR 2623 IH |
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26 | 26 | | SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF ACTIONS UNDER PRESIDENTIAL 1 |
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27 | 27 | | DETERMINATION 2022–11 FOR FEDERAL PER-2 |
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28 | 28 | | MITTING IMPROVEMENT PURPOSES. 3 |
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29 | 29 | | (a) I |
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30 | 30 | | NGENERAL.—Except as provided by subsection 4 |
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31 | 31 | | (c), an action described in subsection (b) shall be— 5 |
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32 | 32 | | (1) treated as a covered project, as defined in 6 |
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33 | 33 | | section 41001(6) of the FAST Act (42 U.S.C. 7 |
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34 | 34 | | 4370m(6)), without regard to the requirements of 8 |
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35 | 35 | | that section; and 9 |
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36 | 36 | | (2) included in the Permitting Dashboard main-10 |
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37 | 37 | | tained pursuant to section 41003(b) of that Act (42 11 |
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38 | 38 | | 13 U.S.C. 4370m–2(b)). 12 |
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39 | 39 | | (b) A |
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40 | 40 | | CTIONSDESCRIBED.—An action described in 13 |
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41 | 41 | | this subsection is an action taken by the Secretary of De-14 |
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42 | 42 | | fense pursuant to Presidential Determination 2022–11 15 |
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43 | 43 | | (87 Fed. Reg. 19775; relating to certain actions under 16 |
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44 | 44 | | section 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950) or 17 |
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45 | 45 | | the Presidential Memorandum of February 27, 2023, ti-18 |
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46 | 46 | | tled ‘‘Presidential Waiver of Statutory Requirements Pur-19 |
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47 | 47 | | suant to Section 303 of the Defense Production Act of 20 |
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48 | 48 | | 1950, as amended, on Department of Defense Supply 21 |
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49 | 49 | | Chains Resilience’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 13015) to create, main-22 |
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50 | 50 | | tain, protect, expand, or restore sustainable and respon-23 |
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51 | 51 | | sible domestic production capabilities through— 24 |
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54 | 54 | | •HR 2623 IH |
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55 | 55 | | (1) supporting feasibility studies for mature 1 |
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56 | 56 | | mining, beneficiation, and value-added processing 2 |
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57 | 57 | | projects; 3 |
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58 | 58 | | (2) byproduct and co-product production at ex-4 |
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59 | 59 | | isting mining, mine waste reclamation, and other in-5 |
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60 | 60 | | dustrial facilities; 6 |
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61 | 61 | | (3) modernization of mining, beneficiation, and 7 |
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62 | 62 | | value-added processing to increase productivity, envi-8 |
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63 | 63 | | ronmental sustainability, and workforce safety; or 9 |
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64 | 64 | | (4) any other activity authorized under section 10 |
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65 | 65 | | 303(a)(1) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 11 |
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66 | 66 | | (50 U.S.C. 4533(a)(1)). 12 |
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67 | 67 | | (c) E |
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68 | 68 | | XCEPTION.—An action described in subsection 13 |
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69 | 69 | | (b) may not be treated as a covered project or be included 14 |
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70 | 70 | | in the Permitting Dashboard under subsection (a) if the 15 |
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71 | 71 | | project sponsor (as defined in section 41001(18) of the 16 |
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72 | 72 | | FAST Act (42 U.S.C. 4370m(18))) requests that the ac-17 |
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73 | 73 | | tion not be treated as a covered project. 18 |
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