118th CONGRESS 1st Session |
To require that certain actions taken by the Secretary of Defense be treated as an eligible transportation project, and for other purposes.
April 13, 2023
Ms. Slotkin (for herself, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Waltz, Mr. Swalwell, Ms. Titus, and Mr. Costa) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
To require that certain actions taken by the Secretary of Defense be treated as an eligible transportation project, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Permit Reform In Mining for Energy and Defense Act” or the “PRIMED Act”.
SEC. 2. Treatment of actions under presidential determination 2022–11 for Federal permitting improvement purposes.
(a) In general.—Except as provided by subsection (c), an action described in subsection (b) shall be—
(1) treated as a covered project, as defined in section 41001(6) of the FAST Act (42 U.S.C. 4370m(6)), without regard to the requirements of that section; and
(2) included in the Permitting Dashboard maintained pursuant to section 41003(b) of that Act (42 13 U.S.C. 4370m–2(b)).
(b) Actions described.—An action described in this subsection is an action taken by the Secretary of Defense pursuant to Presidential Determination 2022–11 (87 Fed. Reg. 19775; relating to certain actions under section 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950) or the Presidential Memorandum of February 27, 2023, titled “Presidential Waiver of Statutory Requirements Pursuant to Section 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, on Department of Defense Supply Chains Resilience” (88 Fed. Reg. 13015) to create, maintain, protect, expand, or restore sustainable and responsible domestic production capabilities through—
(1) supporting feasibility studies for mature mining, beneficiation, and value-added processing projects;
(2) byproduct and co-product production at existing mining, mine waste reclamation, and other industrial facilities;
(3) modernization of mining, beneficiation, and value-added processing to increase productivity, environmental sustainability, and workforce safety; or
(4) any other activity authorized under section 303(a)(1) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4533(a)(1)).
(c) Exception.—An action described in subsection (b) may not be treated as a covered project or be included in the Permitting Dashboard under subsection (a) if the project sponsor (as defined in section 41001(18) of the FAST Act (42 U.S.C. 4370m(18))) requests that the action not be treated as a covered project.