H.R. 4781
119th CONGRESS 1st Session
To amend the FAST Act to add activities relating to the extraction, recovery, or processing of certain materials to the definition of a critical project, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · July 29, 2025 · Sponsor: Mr. Barr · Committee: Committee on Natural Resources
Table of contents
SEC. 1. Short title
- This Act may be cited as the or the .
SEC. 2. Permit process for projects relating to extraction, recovery, or processing of certain materials
- Section 41001(6)(A) of the FAST Act () is amended— 42 U.S.C. 4370m(6)(A)
- in clause (iii)(III), by striking
orat the end; - in clause (iv)(II), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and
- (v) is related to the extraction, recovery, or processing from acid mine drainage, mine tailings, coal, coal waste, coal processing waste, or pre- or post-combustion coal byproducts of—
- a mineral of a kind that is locatable under the Mining Law of 1872 (), including such a mineral located on lands acquired by the United States (as that term is defined in section 2 of the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands ()); 30 U.S.C. 22 et seq.; 30 U.S.C. 351
- a rare earth element; or
- microfine carbon or carbon from coal.
- by adding at the end the following:
- in clause (iii)(III), by striking