# 2025-05212: President Orders Mineral Boom to Boost U.S. Jobs and Security 2025-05212, Immediate Measures To Increase American Mineral Production, is a Federal Register presidential document from Executive Office of the President published 2025-03-25, effective 2025-03-20; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-04). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-05212 - As of: 2026-11-04 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Document number: 2025-05212 - Title: Immediate Measures To Increase American Mineral Production - Type: Presidential Document - Agencies: Executive Office of the President - Citation: 90 FR 13673 - Published: 2025-03-25 - Effective: 2025-03-20 - Comments close: not stated - Significant: no - Touches household money: yes - Regulation identifier numbers: none - Last updated: 2026-11-04 ## In one line President Orders Mineral Boom to Boost U.S. Jobs and Security ## Summary The President is speeding up American mineral production to create jobs and protect national security by cutting red tape and boosting mining, processing, and refining right here at home. This affects government agencies, miners, and tech makers who rely on minerals like copper, gold, and uranium. Expect faster permits and new projects starting immediately, with big money and resources flowing to get minerals moving again. ## Effects PRIA read - Faster permits and public project dashboard: benefit, high. Within 10 days of March 20, 2025, federal agencies must list all mining and mineral production projects with pending applications and identify priority projects that can be immediately approved or permitted. Within 15 days the Chair of the NEDC must submit projects for the Permitting Dashboard and… - Congressional recommendations on mine waste rules: benefit, medium. Within 30 days of March 20, 2025, the Chair of the NEDC and the Director of the Office of Legislative Affairs must prepare and submit recommendations to the President for Congress to clarify how waste rock, tailings, and mine waste disposal are treated under the Mining Act of 1872. - Federal lands prioritized for mining: benefit, high. Within 10 days of March 20, 2025, the Secretary of the Interior must list all Federal lands known to hold mineral deposits and prioritize mineral production and mining-related uses as primary land uses in those areas. Within 30 days the Secretaries of Defense, Interior, Agriculture, and Energy must… - Defence and Energy to lease sites to private firms: benefit, high. The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Energy are ordered to enter into extended use leases or other appropriate authorities with private entities to install and operate commercial mineral production enterprises on identified Federal lands, including by modifying existing structures, as of t… - Access to favorable public assistance for leaseholders: benefit, medium. Within 30 days of March 20, 2025, Defense and Energy must coordinate with Agriculture, the SBA, and other agencies to ensure private parties entering into leases or commercial agreements under these authorities can utilize as many favorable public assistance terms and conditions as are available un… - Expanded federal lending and DPA authority for minerals: benefit, high. To address a declared national energy emergency, the President delegated to the Secretary of Defense and the CEO of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) authorities under sections 301–303 and 4554–4560 of the Defense Production Act to support domestic mineral production. The… - Reduced disclosure burden for funding applicants: benefit, low. Agencies that can make loans, guarantees, grants, equity investments, or offtake agreements to secure mineral supply chains are directed, to the extent permitted by law, to rescind policies that require applicants to submit the disclosures required by Regulation S-K part 1300 as part of such applic… - SBA to propose small-business mineral financing support: benefit, medium. Within 45 days of March 20, 2025, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration must prepare and submit recommendations for legislation to enhance public-private capital activities and take steps to promulgate regulations, rules, and guidance to support financing for domestic small busines… - Export-Import Bank guidance for mineral financing: benefit, medium. 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