The Protecting Domestic Mining Act (H.R. 1501) just passed the House by a 218–201 vote, with seven Democrats crossing the aisle. The bill, which now heads to the Senate, makes mining and mineral processing eligible for expedited permitting under Title 41 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (known as FAST-41) and blocks a Biden-era proposal that would have limited that eligibility to “critical” minerals.