The House passed new legislation to accelerate permitting and domestic hard rock mining on federal land as America looks to compete with China on mining critical minerals.

The Critical Mineral Dominance Act passed on Wednesday and now heads to the Senate.

“In order for our domestic mining industry to grow, the industry needs policy, regulatory, and permitting certainty to make long-term investment decisions,” the bill’s sponsor, Rep. Pete Stauber, R-Minn., told The Daily Signal.

It is now up to the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, chaired by Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, to advance this legislation in the upper chamber.

“The security of the U.S. mineral supply is a vital part of Senator Lee’s agenda on the [Energy and Natural Resources] Committee, as is American energy dominance,” Lee’s communications director, Billy Gribbin, told The Daily Signal.........

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