Will add Defense Production Act-authorized actions to the list of projects eligible for FAST-41 expedited permitting.

H.R. 5929 , the Critical Minerals Supply Chain Resiliency Act , introduced by U.S. Rep. Andy Barr (R-Ky.), would add actions authorized under the Defense Production Act of 1950 to the list of covered projects eligible for the FAST-41 expedited permitting process.

Barr introduced legislation to extend FAST-41 expedited permitting to actions authorized under the Defense Production Act.

Unleashing American Mineral Resources | House Committee on Natural Resources
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Section 20305 would treat specified Defense Production Act section 303 actions as FAST Act covered projects and include them in the Permitting Dashboard.

The House-passed Lower Energy Costs Act contained the promised policy: it would make certain DPA-authorized actions eligible for FAST-41 treatment and Dashboard inclusion.

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Congress.gov - H.R.1, Lower Energy Costs Act, 118th Congress, Text
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Congress.gov lists H.R.1 status as Passed House; the House passed it on March 30, 2023, 225-204.

The bill carrying the promised FAST-41/DPA provision advanced only through the House and was not enacted in the 118th Congress.

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Congress.gov - H.R.1, Lower Energy Costs Act, 118th Congress, Actions
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Roll Call 182 was on passage of H.R.1, Lower Energy Costs Act; Barr, Republican, Kentucky, voted Yea.

Andy Barr personally supported the legislative vehicle that included the promised provision, establishing concrete effort even though the bill did not become law.

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Roll Call 182, H.R.1 - Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
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The current covered-project definition lists eligible infrastructure sectors and amendment notes through Public Law 118-5, with no Defense Production Act inclusion.

Current FAST-41 statutory text does not include DPA-authorized actions as a covered-project category, so the promised change was not delivered by the available official code text.

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U.S. Code - 42 U.S.C. 4370m, Definitions
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Section 6 proposed treating actions under Presidential Determination 2022-11 as covered projects and including them in the Permitting Dashboard.

A related stand-alone bill also proposed the same DPA/FAST-41 treatment, showing the policy was introduced legislatively but not enacted through this bill.

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Congress.gov - H.R.209, Permitting for Mining Needs Act of 2023, Text
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Congress.gov lists H.R.209 status as Introduced; latest action was House subcommittee hearings held on February 28, 2023.

The related stand-alone bill did not pass either chamber or become law, reinforcing that the promised statutory change remained unfulfilled.

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Congress.gov - H.R.209, Permitting for Mining Needs Act of 2023, All Information
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