H.R. 1501 · House bill · 119th Congress

Protecting Domestic Mining Act of 2025

Sponsored by Rep. Jefferson Shreve, Indiana with 2 co-sponsors

Introduced Feb 21, 2025

Referred to the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

Latest action Sep 14, 2026

SponsorRep. Jefferson Shreve, Indiana· 2 cosponsorsRep. Blake Moore, UtahRep. H. Griffith, Virginia

What the bill does

This bill provides statutory authority for federal agencies to expedite the environmental review of certain mining infrastructure projects.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service, May 21, 2026.

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Contents

Sec. 1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Protecting Domestic Mining Act of 2025”.

Sec. 2. Definition of covered project

Section 41001(6)(A) of the FAST Act (42 U.S.C. 4370m(6)(A)) is amended by inserting “mining, mineral processing,” before “or any other sector”.

Sec. 3. Prohibition against finalizing, implementing, or enforcing proposed rule related to scope of mining under FAST Act

The Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council may not finalize, implement, administer, or enforce the proposed rule titled “Revising Scope of the Mining Sector of Projects That Are Eligible for Coverage Under Title 41 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act” (88 Fed. Reg. 65350; September 22, 2023).

Official text, Referred in Senate (Sep 14, 2026), from the Government Publishing Office via Congress.gov. Printed version (PDF) · All versions on Congress.gov