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National Security Through America’s Resources and Permitting Reform Act of 2020

Introduced: September 11, 2020 Introduced by: Barr, Andy Republican · Kentucky See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Sep 16, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Sep 11, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Sep 11, 2020
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now September 16, 2020

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2
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Gooden, Lance
Texas · Sep 30, 2020
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Reschenthaler, Guy
Pennsylvania · Sep 30, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8198: National Security Through America’s Resources and Permitting Reform Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8198/
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"H.R. 8198: National Security Through America’s Resources and Permitting Reform Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8198/.
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