“A bill to require that certain actions taken by the Secretary of Defense be treated as an eligible transportation project, and for other purposes.”
No CRS summary available for this bill.
This section treats specified actions by the Secretary of Defense under the Defense Production Act of 1950—pursuant to Presidential Determination 2022–11 (87 Fed. Reg. 19775) or the February 27, 2023, presidential memorandum (88 Fed. Reg. 13015) on Department of Defense supply chain resilience—as covered projects under the Federal permitting improvement provisions of the FAST Act (42 U.S.C. 4370m(6)), without regard to standard qualifications (i.e., NEPA applicability, $200 million investment threshold, or listed sectors). (Thus, these actions qualify for coordinated agency reviews and timelines and must be included on the Permitting Dashboard (42 U.S.C. 4370m–2(b)), unless the project sponsor requests otherwise.) Such actions support domestic production capabilities through (1) feasibility studies for mature mining, beneficiation, and value-added processing projects; (2) byproduct and co-product production at existing mining, mine waste reclamation, and industrial facilities; (3) modernization of mining, beneficiation, and processing for productivity, sustainability, and safety; or (4) other activities under DPA §303(a)(1) (50 U.S.C. 4533(a)(1)).