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117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 3082
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
MAY 11, 2021
Mr. BARR introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Natural Resources
A BILL
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 pur-
poses.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Security
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Through America’s Resources and Permitting Reform Act
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of 2021’’.
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SEC. 2. PERMIT PROCESS FOR PROJECTS RELATING TO EX-
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TRACTION, RECOVERY, OR PROCESSING OF
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CRITICAL MATERIALS.
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(a) DEFINITION
OF COVERED PROJECT.—Section
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41001(6)(A) of the FAST Act (42 U.S.C. 4370m(6)(A))
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is amended—
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(1) in clause (i)(III), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and in-
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serting a semicolon;
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(2) in clause (ii)(II), by striking the period and
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inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
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(3) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(iii) is related to the extraction, re-
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covery, or processing from coal, coal waste,
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coal processing waste, pre-or post-combus-
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tion coal byproducts, or acid mine drainage
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from coal mines of one of the following
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materials:
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‘‘(I) Critical minerals (as such
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term is defined in section 7002 of the
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Energy Act of 2020).
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‘‘(II) Rare earth elements.
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‘‘(III) Microfine carbon or carbon
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from coal.’’.
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(b) REPORT.—Not later than 6 months after the date
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of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior
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shall submit to the Committees on Energy and Natural
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Resources and Commerce, Science, and Transportation of
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the Senate and the Committees on Transportation and In-
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frastructure, Natural Resources, and Energy and Com-
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merce of the House of Representatives a report evaluating
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the timeliness of implementation of reforms of the permit-
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ting process required as a result of the amendments made
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by this Act on the following:
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(1) The economic and national security of the
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United States.
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(2) Domestic production and supply of critical
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minerals, rare earths, and microfine carbon or car-
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bon from coal.
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