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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 5929

Introduced

Critical Minerals Supply Chain Resiliency Act of 2026

Sponsor
RAndy Barr· Kentucky
Introduced
November 7, 2025
Policy area
Environmental Protection
Latest action
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 602.June 9, 2026
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5929 Reported in House (RH)]

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Union Calendar No. 602
119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5929

[Report No. 119-692]

To adjust the treatment of certain actions under Presidential 
Determination 2022-11 for Federal permitting improvement, and for other 
purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

November 7, 2025

Mr. Barr introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources

June 9, 2026

Additional sponsors: Mr. Swalwell and Mr. Van Drew

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 
November 7, 2025]

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To adjust the treatment of certain actions under Presidential 
Determination 2022-11 for Federal permitting improvement, 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 ``Critical Minerals Supply Chain 
Resiliency Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF ACTIONS UNDER PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATION 2022-11 
FOR FEDERAL PERMITTING IMPROVEMENT PURPOSES.

(a) In General.--Except as provided by subsection (c), an action 
described in subsection (b) shall be--
(1) treated as a covered project, as defined in section 
41001(6) of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (42 
U.S.C. 4370m(6)), without regard to the requirements of that 
section; and
(2) included in the Permitting Dashboard maintained 
pursuant to section 41003(b) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 4370m-
2(b)).
(b) Actions Described.--An action described in this subsection is 
an action taken by the Secretary of Defense pursuant to Presidential 
Determination 2022-11 (87 Fed. Reg. 19775; relating to certain actions 
under section 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950) to create, 
maintain, protect, expand, or restore sustainable and responsible 
domestic production capabilities for strategic and critical materials 
through--
(1) supporting feasibility studies for mature mining, 
beneficiation, and value-added processing projects;
(2) by-product and co-product production at existing 
mining, mine waste reclamation, and other industrial 
facilities;
(3) modernization of mining, beneficiation, and value-added 
processing to increase productivity, environmental 
sustainability, and workforce safety; or
(4) any other activity authorized under section 303(a)(1) 
of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4533(a)(1)).
(c) Exception.--An action described in subsection (b) may not be 
treated as a covered project or be included in the Permitting Dashboard 
under subsection (a) if the project sponsor (as defined in section 
41001(18) of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (42 U.S.C. 
4370m(18))) requests that the action not be treated as a covered 
project.
Union Calendar No. 602

119th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 5929

[Report No. 119-692]

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To adjust the treatment of certain actions under Presidential 
Determination 2022-11 for Federal permitting improvement, 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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