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118TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 118-794
MINERAL MINING PARITY ACT
DECEMBER 4, 2024.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
together with
DISSENTING VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 6862]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 6862) to amend the FAST Act to include certain mineral
production activities as a covered project, and for other purposes,
having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an
amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Mineral Mining Parity Act.
SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF COVERED PROJECT.
Section 41001(6)(A) of the FAST Act (42 U.S.C. 4370m(6)(A)) is amended by in-
serting mineral production, before or any other sector.
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION AGAINST FINALIZING, IMPLEMENTING, OR ENFORCING THE PROPOSED
RULE RELATED TO THE SCOPE OF MINING UNDER THE FAST ACT.
The Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council may not finalize, imple-
ment, or enforce the proposed rule titled Revising Scope of the Mining Sector of
Projects That Are Eligible for Coverage Under Title 41 of the Fixing America's Sur-
face Transportation Act (88 Fed. Reg. 65350; September 22, 2023).
PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION
The purpose of H.R. 6862 is to amend the FAST Act to include
certain mineral production activities as a covered project, and for
other purposes.
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