[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
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[H.R. 6862 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 655
118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6862

                          [Report No. 118-794]

To amend the FAST Act to include certain mineral production activities 
             as a covered project, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 19, 2023

    Mr. Lamborn (for himself, Mr. Moore of Utah, and Mr. Newhouse) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Natural Resources

                            December 4, 2024

            Additional sponsors: Mr. Moylan and Mr. Donalds

                            December 4, 2024

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
    [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on 
                           December 19, 2023]


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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the FAST Act to include certain mineral production activities 
             as a covered project, and for other purposes.


 


    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Mineral Mining Parity Act''.

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 ``mineral production,'' before ``or any other 
sector''.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION AGAINST FINALIZING, IMPLEMENTING, OR ENFORCING THE 
              PROPOSED RULE RELATED TO THE SCOPE OF MINING UNDER THE 
              FAST ACT.

    The Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council may not 
finalize, implement, 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).
                                                 Union Calendar No. 655

118th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 6862

                          [Report No. 118-794]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

To amend the FAST Act to include certain mineral production activities 
             as a covered project, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                            December 4, 2024

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed