HR 1501
Passed a chamber
Adds mining and mineral processing to the projects eligible for FAST Act permitting coverage and bars the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council from finalizing or enforcing a 2023 proposed rule on the mining sector's scope.
Official title: Protecting Domestic Mining Act of 2025
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
21-FEB-2025
Referred
21-FEB-2025
Approved by committee
21-APR-2026
Reported
09-JUN-2026
On the calendar
09-JUN-2026
Passed
02-SEP-2026
Senate
Received
14-SEP-2026
- Amends Section 41001(6)(A) of the FAST Act to add mining and mineral processing to the definition of covered project.
- Prohibits the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council from finalizing, implementing, administering, or enforcing the proposed rule 'Revising Scope of the Mining Sector of Projects That Are Eligible for Coverage Under Title 41' published September 22, 2023.
- Is cited as the Protecting Domestic Mining Act of 2025.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (21-FEB-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 02-SEP-2026).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Natural Resources Committee (House)
- Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee
- Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (Senate)
Energy
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2 Republicans