H.R. 2604 · 117th Congress
Accessing America’s Critical Minerals Act of 2021
Key: what the circles and colors mean
Each circle is a bill. The ring fills as it moves through Congress:
Under the number: the Yea · Nay count of its final (or latest) recorded vote. On a member's page, the small badge is how that member voted: Y Yea / Aye, N Nay / No, P Present, – Not voting.
Gold and violet are only for Yea and Nay; they never mean a party. A member's party is the letter on their photo.
Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 117th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.
R
StauberSponsor25 cosponsors · 25 R
R
Baird
KC
R
Cammack
TE
R
Emmer
GG
R
Grothman
DL
R
LaMalfa
DM
R
McKinley
MM
R
Miller
DN
R
Newhouse
MR
R
Rosendale
CS
R
Stewart
TT
R
Tiffany
CT
R
Tenney
BW
R
Westerman
BG
R
Good
KA
R
Armstrong
YH
R
Herrell
PG
R
Gosar
MM
R
Miller-Meeks
MS
R
Simpson
CG
R
Gimenez
CM
R
Miller
BM
R
Moore
DB
R
Bacon
CJ
R
Jacobs
AS
R
Smith13 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
This bill establishes deadlines to complete the environmental review of critical mineral projects on federal land and sets forth related requirements to expedite the review of such projects under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA).
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Apr 15, 2021
Accessing America's Critical Minerals Act of 2021
This bill establishes deadlines to complete the environmental review of critical mineral projects on federal land and sets forth related requirements to expedite the review of such projects under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA).
If an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement is required for such project, then all necessary federal review and permit considerations must be completed within 18 or 24 months, respectively. However, the review may exceed the time limit if the project sponsor agrees.
The lead agency of the environmental review of such project must allow a state or local government, an Indian tribe, a project sponsor, or another appropriate entity to assume certain federal responsibilities regarding the environmental review of the project upon the request of such entity.
Further, the bill authorizes a lead agency to determine that the requirements of NEPA have been satisfied if a state or federal agency acting under state or federal law has addressed specified factors, such as the environmental impact of the action to be conducted under the permit. If the lead agency does not make such a determination, then the agency must enter into an agreement with the project sponsor to set time limits for each part of the permitting process.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Accessing America’s Critical Minerals Act of 2021
Latest action (Jun 9, 2021): Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Policy area: Energy · Origin: House · Introduced: Apr 15, 2021
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.