This bill says certain actions taken under Presidential Determination 2022-11 (actions using section 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950) to support domestic production of strategic and critical materials must be treated as "covered projects" under the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act. Those actions must also be included in the Permitting Dashboard. The actions covered include supporting feasibility studies for mature mining, beneficiation, and value-added processing projects; by-product and co-product production at existing mining, mine waste reclamation, and other industrial facilities; modernization of mining, beneficiation, and value-added processing to increase productivity, environmental sustainability, and workforce safety; and any other activity authorized under section 303(a)(1) of the Defense Production Act. A project sponsor can request that their action not be treated as a covered project or listed on the Permitting Dashboard.
If a project is supported by the Secretary of Defense under Presidential Determination 2022-11 for the stated critical-minerals activities, it will be treated like a covered project and shown on the federal Permitting Dashboard unless the project sponsor asks not to be. This affects which projects are listed for federal permitting tracking and oversight under the definitions in the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act.
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The bill directs that Defense Production Act actions to create, maintain, protect, expand, or restore domestic production capabilities for strategic and critical materials are treated as covered projects and tracked on the Permitting Dashboard. The text frames these actions as supporting feasibility studies, by-product and co-product production, and modernization to increase productivity, environmental sustainability, and workforce safety.
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