{"format":1,"id":"119-hr-4090","congress":119,"number":"H.R. 4090","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Critical Mineral Dominance Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To codify certain provisions of certain Executive Orders relating to domestic mining and hardrock mineral resources, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To codify certain provisions of certain Executive Orders relating to domestic mining and hardrock mineral resources, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Critical Mineral Dominance Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Critical Mineral Dominance Act"},{"type":"Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text","title":"To codify certain provisions of certain Executive Orders relating to domestic mining and hardrock mineral resources, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Critical Mineral Dominance Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Critical Mineral Dominance Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2025-06-23","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2026-02-04","vote":{"id":"119-2026-h55","question":"On Passage","title":"Critical Mineral Dominance Act","result":"Passed","yea":224,"nay":195,"present":0,"not_voting":13,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/roll055.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"pending","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"not_yet","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.","date":"2026-07-15"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[{"chamber":"house","date":"2026-02-04","question":"On Motion to Recommit","title":"Critical Mineral Dominance Act","result":"Failed","yea":209,"nay":212,"present":0,"not_voting":11,"kind":"procedural","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/roll054.xml"}],"crs_summary":{"date":"2025-11-25","stage":"Reported to House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Critical Mineral Dominance Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill directs the Department of the Interior to address mineral supply chain vulnerabilities, including by accelerating and expanding mineral production on federal land (i.e., National Forest System land, public lands, and any land that may be leased for the exploration, development, or production of hardrock minerals)."},{"k":"p","t":"Interior must (1) identify priority mining projects on federal lands that can be immediately approved, and (2) take all necessary and appropriate steps to expedite those projects."},{"k":"p","t":"Interior must also identify active, inactive, or proposed mining projects on federal land that have the potential to (1) increase production of hardrock minerals or their byproducts, (2) expand existing operations to include such byproducts, or (3) produce hardrock minerals from mine tailings or coal byproducts."},{"k":"p","t":"Further, Interior must identify certain federal land with potential for hardrock mining. Interior must prioritize identifying land where a mining project (1) can most quickly be fully permitted and operational, and (2) would have the greatest potential effect on the robustness of the domestic mineral supply chain."},{"k":"p","t":"Interior must (1) suspend, revise, or rescind agency actions that place undue burdens on mining projects; (2) recommend changes to current law necessary to expand U.S. production of hardrock minerals; and (3) review state and local laws that impede development of domestic mining and mineral exploration projects."},{"k":"p","t":"Interior must also report on the dollar value and overall economic impact of the United States' reliance on imports of certain mineral commodities."},{"k":"p","t":"Finally, Interior must prioritize efforts to accelerate geologic mapping."}],"words":250},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Directs the Secretary of the Interior to identify, list and expedite hardrock mining projects and land on Federal land, review agency actions affecting mining, and report to Congress on related mineral matters.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4090/text/eh#H661B7E557B7A4E459FCABDDCE3FE1809"},{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4090/text/eh#HE128226C5C5748E1BD2C64ED71697CCF"},{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4090/text/eh#H8FD4D748928A428985C3E63E3F46B87A"},{"label":"Sec. 6","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4090/text/eh#H0E55170F365F4AF79DF63BEEAE6F5147"},{"label":"Sec. 7","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4090/text/eh#HF615922293EE456CB79856830B2E92F9"}]},"core_areas":["Expedited review and approval of hardrock mining projects on Federal land","Identification of Federal land with hardrock mineral potential","Review of agency actions and State and local laws affecting domestic mining","Reporting on mineral net import reliance","Geologic mapping of hardrock mineral deposits"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Requires the Secretary of the Interior to submit to congressional committees, within 90 days, the dollar value of import reliance for each listed mineral commodity and the overall economic impact of imports and exports of those commodities.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4090/text/eh#H661B7E557B7A4E459FCABDDCE3FE1809"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary to submit an annual list of mining projects on Federal land with pending applications, identify priority projects that can be approved immediately, and take all necessary and appropriate actions to expedite and approve or issue those applications.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4090/text/eh#HE128226C5C5748E1BD2C64ED71697CCF"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary to list active, inactive or proposed mining projects on Federal land that could increase hardrock mineral or byproduct production, expand to byproducts, or produce hardrock minerals from mine tailings or coal ash and other coal byproducts.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4090/text/eh#HE128226C5C5748E1BD2C64ED71697CCF"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary to identify Federal land open to hardrock mineral leasing or location where exploration is occurring, minerals may be present, or economically recoverable minerals are known, and to submit a list annually.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4090/text/eh#H8FD4D748928A428985C3E63E3F46B87A"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary to review agency actions for undue burdens on domestic mining projects, solicit industry feedback, and begin an action plan to suspend, revise or rescind each action identified as unduly burdensome.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 6","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4090/text/eh#H0E55170F365F4AF79DF63BEEAE6F5147"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary to prioritize accelerating detailed geologic mapping of the United States, focused on previously unknown hardrock mineral deposits, and to report on progress and estimated completion date within one year.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 7","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4090/text/eh#HF615922293EE456CB79856830B2E92F9"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2026-02-04","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4090/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-03","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4090","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4090/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hr-4090.png","v":"68021cb0bb7c","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 4090, 119th Congress: Critical Mineral Dominance Act. House: 224 Yea, 195 Nay. Senate: not yet considered. Outcome: Passed House, 4 Feb 2026."}}