Revitalizing America’s Offshore Critical Minerals Dominance Act

This bill directs federal agencies to speed up the review of licenses, permits, and leases for exploring and recovering minerals from the seabed, including under the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act and the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. Within 60 days of becoming law, the Interior Department must develop a plan to map priority areas of the U.S. seabed and outer Continental Shelf and identify critical minerals that can come from seabed resources. The Commerce Department must work with key partner and allied countries to support seabed mineral exploration, extraction, processing, and environmental monitoring in their waters. Agencies must also report to Congress on private sector interest in seabed mining and on whether an international benefit-sharing system for seabed mining outside any country's jurisdiction is feasible.

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Sponsors

• Tim Sheehy Republican sponsor
• 3 cosponsors