PRIMED Act

Subjects: Environmental Protection


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[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2623 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2623

 To require that certain actions taken by the Secretary of Defense be 
 treated as an eligible transportation project, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             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

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                                 A BILL


 
 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,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    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.
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