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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSA 6318. Ms. SLOTKIN (for herself and Ms. Ernst) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:
SEC. 1094. 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.