All Roll Calls
Yes: 433 • No: 407
119-hr-4090119th Congress
Critical Mineral Dominance Act
Sponsored By: Representative Stauber, Pete [R-MN-8]
Passed House
Summary
This bill would push the United States to become the leading producer of hardrock minerals by setting a national policy to accelerate domestic hardrock mineral production. It aims to boost jobs, strengthen supply chains with allies, and cut reliance on adversary imports.
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- Workers and local communities: Seeks to create jobs by fast-tracking and prioritizing mining projects on Federal land. It requires lists of submitted projects and asks the Secretary to identify projects that can be approved immediately, with an initial list due within 10 days and updates annually.
- Policymakers and industry: Requires the U.S. Geological Survey to quantify the dollar value of net import reliance for each mineral in the USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries and to include that information beginning in 2026. The Secretary must also deliver initial import-reliance data within 90 days.
- Agencies and explorers: Orders a 90-day regulatory review to find federal actions that "unduly burden" mining and begin suspending, revising, or rescinding them. It also prioritizes expanded geologic mapping and asks for a progress report within one year.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Annual mineral import reliance report
Within 90 days, Interior would report the dollar value of U.S. import reliance for each listed mineral the U.S. relies on imports for. The report would also describe the overall economic impact of importing and exporting those minerals. Starting in 2026, USGS would include this information each year in Mineral Commodity Summaries.
Faster mapping to find new minerals
If enacted, Interior would speed up detailed geologic mapping to find unknown hardrock mineral deposits. Within 1 year, the Secretary would report progress and an estimated finish date for the national surface and subsurface mapping and data integration effort described in 43 U.S.C. 311.
Faster mine approvals on federal land
If enacted, Interior, with Agriculture, would list all mining projects on federal land with pending plans within 10 days of enactment and each year after. Within 10 days of that list, they would name projects that can be approved right away and take all needed steps to issue permits fast. They would also, within 10 days, list projects that could boost output, add byproducts, or use tailings or coal byproducts. The agencies would identify and prioritize federal lands where permits can be finished quickly and would most strengthen U.S. supply chains, and send an updated land list each year. Within 90 days, Interior would review rules, guidance, withdrawals, and other actions that unduly burden mining, get industry input, and start to suspend, revise, or rescind them. Within 180 days, Interior would report legal change recommendations and a nationwide review of state and local rules; within 1 year, it would report barriers to byproduct production and fixes.
U.S. goal to lead hardrock mining
This bill would set a U.S. goal to lead in hardrock and rare earth mineral production. It would aim to create jobs, strengthen supply chains, and reduce reliance on adversary states. It would also define what counts as hardrock minerals, what is Federal land, what a mining project is, and who the Secretary is. Hardrock minerals would include base and precious metals, industrial minerals, and gemstones, but not coal, oil, oil shale, gas, sodium, potassium, sulfur, or mineral materials under the Materials Act.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Stauber, Pete [R-MN-8]
MN • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Begich, Nicholas J. [R-AK-At Large]
AK • R
Sponsored 9/9/2025
Rep. Finstad, Brad [R-MN-1]
MN • R
Sponsored 10/6/2025
Roll Call Votes
house vote • 2/4/2026
On Motion to Recommit
Yes: 209 • No: 212
house vote • 2/4/2026
On Passage
Yes: 224 • No: 195