Proposed
Bill · 119th Congress · HR 4018
To unleash America's offshore critical minerals and resources.
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Introduced 2025-06-17Topic: energy · environment · economy jobsSummary
AI-generated summary, report an errorThis bill directs federal agencies to speed up the review of permits and licenses for exploring and mining minerals on the ocean floor. Within 60 days, the Commerce Department must expedite licenses and permits under the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act, and the Interior Department must set up a faster process for prospecting permits and leases on the outer Continental Shelf. The Interior Department must also plan seabed mapping and identify which critical minerals can come from the seabed. Federal agencies must reach out to partner countries about seabed mining and send Congress reports on private sector interest and on a possible international system for sharing benefits from mining in areas outside any country's control.
Sponsors
- Mike Ezell Republican sponsor
- 13 cosponsors
Action history
| Date | Chamber | Action | Status effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-03 | House | Subcommittee Hearings Held | refer |
| 2025-07-02 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. | refer |
| 2025-06-17 | House | Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | refer |
| 2025-06-17 | House | Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | refer |
| 2025-06-17 | Introduced in House | introduce | |
| 2025-06-17 | Introduced in House | introduce |