H.R. 1501

Summary

H.R. 1501, the Protecting Domestic Mining Act of 2025, was introduced in the House on Feb 21, 2025 by Rep. Jefferson Shreve (R) with 2 co-sponsors. It last saw action on Sep 2, 2026: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Record

Text

H.R. 1501 has 2 co-sponsors and 1 amendment.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1501 Engrossed in House (EH)]
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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 1501
_______________________________________________________________________
                                 AN ACT
To amend the FAST Act to include certain mineral production activities
             as a covered 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 ``Protecting Domestic Mining Act of
2025''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF COVERED PROJECT.
    Section 41001(6)(A) of the FAST Act (42 U.S.C. 4370m(6)(A)) is
amended by inserting ``mining, mineral processing,'' before ``or any
other sector''.
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION AGAINST FINALIZING, IMPLEMENTING, OR ENFORCING
              PROPOSED RULE RELATED TO SCOPE OF MINING UNDER FAST ACT.
    The Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council may not
finalize, implement, administer, 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 Surface Transportation
Act'' (88 Fed. Reg. 65350; September 22, 2023).
            Passed the House of Representatives September 2, 2026.
            Attest:
                                                                 Clerk.
119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 1501
_______________________________________________________________________
                                 AN ACT
To amend the FAST Act to include certain mineral production activities
             as a covered project, and for other purposes.

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CRS Summary

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Sponsors

Rep. Jefferson Shreve (R) sponsors H.R. 1501, and 2 members have co-sponsored it, 1 of them from the day it was introduced.

Jefferson Shreve

Rep. · R–IN-6 · Sponsor

Introduced Feb 21, 2025

Blake Moore

Rep. · R–UT-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 21, 2025 · Original

Morgan Griffith

Rep. · R–VA-9 · Co-sponsor

Joined Apr 28, 2026

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Committees

H.R. 1501 went before 2 committees: Natural Resources and Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee.

Natural Resources

Natural Resources

Reported By · Jun 9, 2026 · 395 Bills

Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee

Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee

Discharged from · Apr 21, 2026 · 15 Bills

Reports

1 committee report has been filed on H.R. 1501, the latest H. Rept. 119-691.

• H. Rept. 119-691 — PROTECTING DOMESTIC MINING ACT OF 2025

Actions

H.R. 1501 has taken 23 actions since Feb 21, 2025, the latest on Sep 2, 2026.

Votes

H.R. 1501 went to 1 roll call in the House, the latest on Sep 2, 2026 at 218–201.

Amendments

1 amendment has been offered to H.R. 1501, the latest acted on Sep 2, 2026.

HAMDT 270Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1499, the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Natural Resources now printed in the bill is considered adopted.Sep 2, 2026 · On agreeing to the Rules amendment (A001) Agreed to without objection.

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Related bills

1 bill is related to H.R. 1501.

HRES 1499Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1501) to amend the FAST Act to include certain mineral production activities as a covered project, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9436) to amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 to extend the time period for which certain regulations concerning the North Atlantic right whale are effective; providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 1490) providing for the condemnation and denouncement of socialism in all its forms, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4795) to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit an institution that participates in a nonexpressive commercial boycott of Israel from being eligible for certain funds under that Act, to require an institution that participates in certain programs under that Act to certify that students are not unreasonably obstructed from participating in academic programs in Israel, and for other purposes; and relating to consideration of motions to suspend the rules.Sep 1, 2026 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. · Related bill

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Titles

H.R. 1501 goes by 6 titles, 3 of them short titles.

• Protecting Domestic Mining Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Passed House
• To amend the FAST Act to include certain mineral production activities as a covered project, and for other purposes. — Official Titles from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
• Protecting Domestic Mining Act of 2025 — Display Title
• Protecting Domestic Mining Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Reported to House
• Protecting Domestic Mining Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To amend the FAST Act to include certain mineral production activities as a covered project, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

5 clients hired 5 firms and 19 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 1501 in 12 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Natural Resources, Energy/Nuclear, Transportation, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Trade (domestic/foreign), Budget/Appropriations, Defense, Clean Air and Water (quality).

Clients

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Firms

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Lobbyists

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Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 1501 under Energy, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 3 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 1501’s is Energy.

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 1501 carries 3 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Infrastructure development to Mining.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 1501, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 35 (Friday, February 21, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. SHREVE:H.R. 1501.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8[Page H730]

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