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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 1501

Introduced

Protecting Domestic Mining Act of 2025

Sponsor
RJefferson Shreve· Indiana
Introduced
February 21, 2025
Policy area
Energy
Latest action
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 601.June 9, 2026
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1501 Reported in House (RH)]

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Union Calendar No. 601
119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 1501

[Report No. 119-691]

To amend the FAST Act to include certain mineral production activities 
as a covered project, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 21, 2025

Mr. Shreve (for himself and Mr. Moore of Utah) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

June 9, 2026

Additional sponsor: Mr. Griffith

June 9, 2026

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on 
February 21, 2025]

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To amend the FAST Act to include certain mineral production activities 
as a covered project, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Domestic Mining Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF COVERED PROJECT.

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''.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION AGAINST FINALIZING, IMPLEMENTING, OR ENFORCING 
PROPOSED RULE RELATED TO SCOPE OF MINING UNDER FAST ACT.

The Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council may not 
finalize, implement, administer, or enforce the 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'' (88 Fed. Reg. 65350; September 22, 2023).
Union Calendar No. 601

119th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 1501

[Report No. 119-691]

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To amend the FAST Act to include certain mineral production activities 
as a covered project, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

June 9, 2026

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

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