SEC. 2. ACCELERATION OF DESIGNATED CRITICAL ARTIFI-
CIAL 
INTELLIGENCE 
INFRASTRUCTURE 
PROJECTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Defense Produc-
tion Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4531 et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 306. ACCELERATION OF DESIGNATED CRITICAL ARTI-
FICIAL 
INTELLIGENCE 
INFRASTRUCTURE 
PROJECTS. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) COVERED
PROJECT.—The term ‘covered 
project’ means a project to construct, expand, 
repower, or reopen critical artificial intelligence in-
frastructure. 
‘‘(2) CRITICAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN-
FRASTRUCTURE.—The term ‘critical artificial intel-
ligence infrastructure’ means— 
‘‘(A) one or more data centers or high-per-
formance computing facilities with a total con-
nected electrical load of not less than 50 
megawatts that is primarily dedicated to the 
training, development, or inference of artificial 
intelligence or other machine learning models; 
‘‘(B) any dispatchable baseload electric 
generation facility— 
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‘‘(i) with a nameplate capacity of not 
less than 100 megawatts; 
‘‘(ii) capable, without regard to re-
strictions on use imposed solely for reasons 
other than engineering design or physical 
capability, of providing firm, dispatchable 
capacity and continuous electric service for 
not less than 85 percent of the hours in a 
typical calendar year; 
‘‘(iii) that does not derive its primary 
energy input from intermittent renewable 
sources, with or without energy storage; 
and 
‘‘(iv) is contractually committed, in 
whole or material part, to provide firm, 
dispatchable electric supply to facilities de-
scribed in subparagraph (A), through the 
applicable retail electric utility or coopera-
tive serving such facilities, consistent with 
State service laws; 
‘‘(C) associated high-voltage electric trans-
mission facilities, including any network trans-
mission upgrades necessary to reliably serve the 
facilities, essential to interconnect facilities de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) or (B); or 
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‘‘(D) fuel supply infrastructure essential to 
the operation of facilities described in subpara-
graph (B), including— 
‘‘(i) coal mines and coal preparation 
facilities, as defined in section 701 of the 
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation 
Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1291); 
‘‘(ii) natural gas gathering, proc-
essing, storage, and transportation facili-
ties subject to the Natural Gas Act (15 
U.S.C. 717 et seq.); 
‘‘(iii) oil and gas wells and wellhead 
production facilities (as defined in section 
3(4) of the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty 
Management Act of 1982 (30 U.S.C. 
1702(4))), together with oil or petroleum 
product pipelines and related terminals (as 
such term relates to hazardous liquid pipe-
line facilities under section 60101(a)(22) 
of title 49, United States Code); and 
‘‘(iv) rail, barge, or other transpor-
tation infrastructure (as such terms are 
used in sections 13102(27) of title 49 and 
2101(3) of title 46, United States Code) 
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materially dedicated to the delivery of fuel 
to such facilities. 
‘‘(3) FEDERAL
AUTHORIZATION.—The term 
‘Federal authorization’ means any permit, license, 
approval, or other administrative decision required 
under Federal law to site, construct, expand, oper-
ate, or maintain a covered project. 
‘‘(b) PRESIDENTIAL DESIGNATION.—The President 
may designate one or more covered projects as priority na-
tional defense projects and publish such designation in the 
Federal Register. 
‘‘(c) CONCURRENT PERMITTING.— 
‘‘(1) COORDINATION.—For any covered project 
designated under subsection (a), the President shall 
require each head of a Federal agency with responsi-
bility for issuing permits, licenses, or approvals to— 
‘‘(A) conduct reviews concurrently to the 
maximum extent practicable and consistent with 
applicable law; and 
‘‘(B) adhere to a consolidated schedule es-
tablished by the President in accordance with 
paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) SCHEDULE.—The President shall ensure 
that a consolidated schedule described in paragraph 
(1)— 
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‘‘(A) establishes interim milestones and 
deadlines for action by the head of a Federal 
agency described in paragraph (1) with respect 
to the designated covered project; and 
‘‘(B) requires completion of all necessary 
Federal authorizations not later than 2 years 
after receipt of a complete application from the 
owner of the covered project, unless the Presi-
dent determines that additional time is required 
due to extraordinary circumstances. 
‘‘(3) CONSULTATION.—The President may con-
sult with State, Tribal, or local permitting authori-
ties in developing the consolidated schedule de-
scribed in paragraph (2). 
‘‘(4) ENFORCEMENT.—Failure by a Federal 
agency to adhere to the consolidated schedule estab-
lished for a designated covered project unless ap-
proved by the President shall be treated as a failure 
to act under section 706(1) of title 5, United States 
Code. 
‘‘(5) DISPUTE RESOLUTION.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The President or a 
designee described in subparagraph (B) shall 
have exclusive authority to resolve disputes 
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