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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1501 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the FAST Act to include certain mineral production activities |
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| 6 | 6 | | as a covered project, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY21, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. S |
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| 10 | 10 | | HREVE(for himself and Mr. MOOREof Utah) introduced the following |
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| 11 | 11 | | bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To amend the FAST Act to include certain mineral produc- |
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| 14 | 14 | | tion activities as a covered project, and for other pur- |
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| 15 | 15 | | poses. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Domestic 4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Mining Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF COVERED PROJECT. 6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Section 41001(6)(A) of the FAST Act (42 U.S.C. 7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | 4370m(6)(A)) is amended by inserting ‘‘mining,’’ before 8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | ‘‘or any other sector’’. 9 |
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| 27 | 27 | | •HR 1501 IH |
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| 28 | 28 | | SEC. 3. PROHIBITION AGAINST FINALIZING, IMPLE-1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | MENTING, OR ENFORCING PROPOSED RULE 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | RELATED TO SCOPE OF MINING UNDER FAST 3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | ACT. 4 |
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| 32 | 32 | | The Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Coun-5 |
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| 33 | 33 | | cil may not finalize, implement, administer, or enforce the 6 |
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| 34 | 34 | | proposed rule titled ‘‘Revising Scope of the Mining Sector 7 |
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| 35 | 35 | | of Projects That Are Eligible for Coverage Under Title 8 |
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| 36 | 36 | | 41 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act’’ 9 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (88 Fed. Reg. 65350; September 22, 2023). 10 |
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