Mining firms get faster permits from the government.
H.R. 1501 — Protecting Domestic Mining Act of 2025 · Filed by Jefferson Shreve (R-IN) · 2 cosponsors · Introduced Feb 21, 2025 · Passed chamber
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What it does
The bill adds mining to a federal law that speeds up permits. It stops a government group from making a new rule. That rule would have cut which mining projects could use fast permits. Mining firms can now get permits faster.
Who it affects
Mining firms will get permits faster and may spend less money. Faster permits usually mean shorter reviews and fewer chances for public input. People in mining areas may see changes to water, air, and land.
One thing to notice
The bill does not say what the blocked rule would have done. The public cannot see what protections are being set aside.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
2 cosponsors: 2 Republicans.
- Feb 21, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Feb 21, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Natural Resources and Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources”
- Feb 24, 2026 — Hearing held · Congress.gov: “Subcommittee Hearings Held”
- Apr 21, 2026 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
- Apr 21, 2026 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 21 - 16”
- Sep 2, 2026 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 218 - 201 (Roll no. 294). (text: CR H5452)”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
3 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 3 reports from Jun 2026 to Jun 2026.
Those reports show $875,000 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 10 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.
More groups named this bill than 61% of bills with any report.
Jefferson Shreve, who sponsored the bill, received $323,500 from PACs for the 2026 election.
- National Mining Association — $820,000 in 1 report
- Earthworks — $40,000 in 1 report
- American Exploration & Mining Association — $15,000 in 1 report
Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.
Words to know
- federal law — A rule made by the U.S. government that applies to the whole country.
- permits — Official papers that say a company can start a project.
- public input — Chances for people to speak up and share thoughts about a project.
- mining — Digging into the earth to pull out rocks and metals.
- lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
- PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (746 characters) on Jun 8, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,778 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-11-01.
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