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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. 
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 
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 Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Permit Reform In Min-
ing for Energy and Defense Act’’ or the ‘‘PRIMED Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF ACTIONS UNDER PRESIDENTIAL 
DETERMINATION 2022–11 FOR FEDERAL PER-
MITTING 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 main-
tained 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 De-
fense 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, ti-
tled ‘‘Presidential Waiver of Statutory Requirements Pur-
suant 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, main-
tain, protect, expand, or restore sustainable and respon-
sible domestic production capabilities through— 
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(1) supporting feasibility studies for mature 
mining, beneficiation, and value-added processing 
projects; 
(2) byproduct and co-product production at ex-
isting mining, mine waste reclamation, and other in-
dustrial facilities; 
(3) modernization of mining, beneficiation, and 
value-added processing to increase productivity, envi-
ronmental 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 ac-
tion not be treated as a covered project. 
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