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Code · BILL · 115th Congress · S. 145 (Introduced in Senate) — To require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to more efficiently develop domestic source... · Sec. 4

Sec. 4. Improving development of strategic and critical minerals

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In this section, the term strategic and critical minerals means minerals that are necessary— for the national defense and national security requirements; for the energy infrastructure of the United States, including— pipelines; refining capacity; electrical power generation and transmission; and renewable energy production; to support domestic manufacturing, agriculture, housing, telecommunications, healthcare, and transportation infrastructure; or for the economic security of, and balance of trade in, the United States.
A domestic mine that, as determined by the lead agency, will provide strategic and critical minerals shall be considered to be an infrastructure project, as described in Executive Order 13604 ( 5 U.S.C. 601 note; relating to improving performance of Federal permitting and review of infrastructure projects).
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