Title: PRIMED Act
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
Permit Reform In Mining for Energy and Defense Act or the PRIMED Act
This bill makes certain mineral production projects and certain actions taken by the Department of Defense eligible for an expedited environmental review by including those projects within the scope of covered projects under the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9078 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9078

 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

                           September 29, 2022

 Ms. Slotkin (for herself, Mr. Waltz, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Horsford, 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 Fixing America's Surface Transportation 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 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) to create, 
maintain, protect, expand, or restore sustainable and responsible 
domestic production capabilities for strategic and critical materials 
through--
            (1) supporting feasibility studies for mature mining, 
        beneficiation, and value-added processing projects;
            (2) by-product 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 Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (42 U.S.C. 
4370m(18))) requests that the action not be treated as a covered 
project.
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