S. 3511

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3511 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 3511

To require that certain actions taken by the Secretary of Defense be 
treated as an eligible transportation project, and for other purposes.

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

December 16, 2025

Ms. Slotkin (for herself and Ms. Ernst) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs

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A BILL

To require that certain actions taken by the Secretary of Defense be 
treated as an eligible transportation 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 ``Permit Reform In Mining for Energy 
and Defense Act'' or the ``PRIMED Act''.

SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN ACTIONS BY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE UNDER THE 
DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT OF 1950 FOR FEDERAL PERMITTING 
IMPROVEMENT PURPOSES.

(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (c), an action 
described in subsection (b) shall be--
(1) treated as a covered project, as defined in section 
41001(6) of the FAST Act (42 U.S.C. 4370m(6)), without regard 
to whether the action would qualify as a covered project under 
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) or the 
Presidential Memorandum of February 27, 2023, titled ``Presidential 
Waiver of Statutory Requirements Pursuant to Section 303 of the Defense 
Production Act of 1950, as amended, on Department of Defense Supply 
Chains Resilience'' (88 Fed. Reg. 13015) to create, maintain, protect, 
expand, or restore sustainable and responsible domestic production 
capabilities through--
(1) supporting feasibility studies for mature mining, 
beneficiation, and value-added processing projects;
(2) byproduct 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 FAST Act (42 U.S.C. 4370m(18))) requests that the 
action not be treated as a covered project.
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