Andy Barr: “I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is…”

“I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Insert after section 20309 the following: SEC. 20310. PERMIT PROCESS FOR PROJECTS RELATING TO EXTRACTION, RECOVERY, OR PROCESSING OF CRITICAL MATERIALS. (a) Definition of Covered Project.--Section 41001(6)(A) of the FAST Act (42 U.S.C. 4370m(6)(A)) is amended-- (1) in clause (iii)(III), by striking ``; or'' and inserting ``;''; (2) in clause (iv)(II), by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; or''; and (3) by adding at the end the following: ``(v) is related to the extraction, recovery, or processing from coal, coal waste, coal processing waste, pre-or post- combustion coal byproducts, or acid mine drainage from coal mines of-- ``(I) critical minerals (as such term is defined in section 7002 of the Energy Act of 2020); ``(II) rare earth elements; or ``(III) microfine carbon or carbon from coal.''.…”