H.R. 5929

Summary

H.R. 5929, the Critical Minerals Supply Chain Resiliency Act of 2026, was introduced in the House on Nov 7, 2025 by Rep. Garland Barr (R) with 2 co-sponsors. It last saw action on Jun 9, 2026: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 602.

Record

Text

H.R. 5929 has 2 co-sponsors.

119 HR 5929 IH: Critical Minerals Supply Chain Resiliency Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-11-07
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 5929  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   November 7, 2025   Mr. Barr  introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Natural Resources    A BILL
To adjust the treatment of certain actions under Presidential Determination 2022–11 for Federal permitting improvement, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Critical Minerals Supply Chain Resiliency Act  .
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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To adjust the treatment of certain actions under Presidential Determination 2022-11 for Federal permitting improvement, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Rep. Garland Barr (R) sponsors H.R. 5929, and 2 members have co-sponsored it.

Garland Barr

Rep. · R–KY-6 · Sponsor

Introduced Nov 7, 2025

Eric Swalwell

Rep. · D–CA-14 · Co-sponsor

Joined Nov 18, 2025

Jeff Van Drew

Rep. · R–NJ-2 · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 27, 2026

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Committees

H.R. 5929 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. 5929, the latest H. Rept. 119-692.

• H. Rept. 119-692 — CRITICAL MINERALS SUPPLY CHAIN RESILIENCY ACT OF 2026

Actions

H.R. 5929 has taken 9 actions since Nov 7, 2025, the latest on Jun 9, 2026.

Votes

H.R. 5929 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 5929 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

• Critical Minerals Supply Chain Resiliency Act of 2026 — Display Title
• Critical Minerals Supply Chain Resiliency Act of 2026 — Short Title(s) as Reported to House
• Critical Minerals Supply Chain Resiliency Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To adjust the treatment of certain actions under Presidential Determination 2022-11 for Federal permitting improvement, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

2 clients hired 2 firms and 9 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 5929 in 4 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 Clean Air and Water (quality), Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Trade (domestic/foreign), Budget/Appropriations, Chemicals/Chemical Industry, Defense, Energy/Nuclear, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace.

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. 5929 under Environmental Protection, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 7 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 5929’s is Environmental Protection.

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 5929 carries 7 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Department of Defense to Supply chain.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 5929, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 187 (Friday, November 7, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. BARR:H.R. 5929.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Congress has the power to enact thIs legislation underArticle I, Section 8 of the Constitution, including itsauthority to provide for the common defense, to regulatecommerce with foreign nations, and to make all laws necessaryand proper for carrying these powers into execution (Art. I,Sec. 8, Clauses 1, 3, and 18).[Page H4585]

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