,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #haih  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #aa1      
#bjbj,mr4 ,barr introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on ,natural ,resources  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend the ,,fast ,act to add
 activities relating to the extraction1 
recovery1 or processing of certain      
materials to the definition of a        
critical project1 and for other         
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,national ,security 
,through ,america's ,resources and      
,permitting ,reform ,act of #bjbj4  #b4 
,permit process for projects relating to
 extraction1 recovery1 or processing of 
critical materials  7a7 ,definition of  
covered project ,section #dajja7f77;,a7 
of the ,,fast ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4       
#dcgjm7#f77;,a77 is amended-- 7#a7 in   
clause 7i77,,iii71 by striking 2 or and 
inserting a semicolon2  7#b7 in clause  
7ii77,,ii71 by striking the period and  
inserting 2 or2 and  7#c7 by adding at  

the end the following3  7iii7 is related
 to the extraction1 recovery1 or        
processing from coal1 coal waste1 coal  
processing waste1 pre-or post-combustion
 coal byproducts1 or acid mine drainage 
from coal mines of one of the following 
materials for the purposes of securing  
the economic and national security of   
the ,united ,states3 7,i7 ,critical     
minerals 7as such term is defined in    
,executive ,order #achag 7#cj ,u4,s4,c4 
#afja note774  7,,ii7 ,rare earth       
elements4  7,,iii7 ,microfine carbon or 
carbon from coal4  4  7b7 ,report ,not  
later than #f months after the date of  
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of the ,interior shall submit to the    
,committees on ,energy and ,natural     
,resources and ,commerce1 ,science1 and 
,transportation of the ,senate and the  
,committees on ,transportation and      
,infrastructure1 ,natural ,resources1   
and ,energy and ,commerce of the ,house 
of ,representatives a report evaluating 
the timeliness of implementation of     

reforms of the permitting process       
required for activities described in    
section #dajja7f77;,a77iii7 of the      
,,fast ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4              
#dcgjm7#f77;,a774