# 116-hr-8198: National Security Through America’s Resources and Permitting Reform Act of 2020

116-hr-8198, National Security Through America’s Resources and Permitting Reform Act of 2020, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6] (R-KY); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-8198
- Congress: 116
- Title: National Security Through America’s Resources and Permitting Reform Act of 2020
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
- Introduced: 2020-09-11
- Sponsor: Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6] (R-KY)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Energy
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

National Security Through America's Resources and Permitting Reform Act of 2020 This bill revises the federal permitting approval process for projects related to the extraction, recovery, or processing of critical minerals, rare-earth elements, microfine carbon, or carbon from coal, coal waste, coal processing waste, pre-or post-combustion coal byproducts, or acid mine drainage from coal mines for the purposes of securing the economic and national security of the United States.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Gooden, Lance [R-TX-5] (R-TX), 2020-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Reschenthaler, Guy [R-PA-14] (R-PA), 2020-09-30T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [116-hr-8198 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8198)

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- [116-hr-7809: HOPE Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7809)
- [116-hr-7777: Paycheck Protection Small Business Forgiveness Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7777)
- [116-hr-7278: JUSTICE Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7278)
- [116-hr-6802: ALIGN Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-6802)
- [116-hr-6364: Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization Act of…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-6364)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8198 (as of 2025-11-18).