Stops a pending federal rule that would change which mining projects qualify for the FAST‑41 streamlined permitting process. Also changes the law’s definition of which projects count as “covered projects,” but the new wording is not included in the provided text.

The Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council is barred from finalizing, implementing, administering, or enforcing the September 22, 2023 proposed rule. The definition change could affect which projects receive coordinated federal reviews and appear on the public permitting dashboard, but the exact impact cannot be determined from the available section text.