# 119-hr-4090: Critical Mineral Dominance Act

119-hr-4090, Critical Mineral Dominance Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Stauber, Pete [R-MN-8] (R-MN); status passed_house (as of 2026-09-10).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-4090
- Congress: 119
- Title: Critical Mineral Dominance Act
- Status: passed_house
- Introduced: 2025-06-23
- Sponsor: Rep. Stauber, Pete [R-MN-8] (R-MN)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Energy
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-10

## 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. - 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.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Begich, Nicholas J. [R-AK-At Large] (R-AK), 2025-09-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Finstad, Brad [R-MN-1] (R-MN), 2025-10-06T00:00:00.000Z

## Votes

| Date | Chamber | Question | Result | Yea | Nay |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-02-04T00:00:00.000Z | house | On Motion to Recommit | Failed | 209 | 212 |
| 2026-02-04T00:00:00.000Z | house | On Passage | Passed | 224 | 195 |

## Provisions PRIA read

- Annual mineral import reliance report: benefit, medium. 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 yea…
- Faster mapping to find new minerals: benefit, medium. 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: benefit, medium. 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 woul…
- U.S. goal to lead hardrock mining: mixed, medium. 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 S…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-4090 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4090)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4090 (as of 2026-09-10).