RESCUE Act of 2025
Committee hearing: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- Committee hearing
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- +14
- Latest action
- Feb 24, 2026
What it does
The RESCUE Act of 2025 would amend the FAST Act to classify projects involving the extraction, recovery, or processing of certain materials—including rare earth elements, locatable minerals, and microfine carbon or carbon from coal—derived from acid mine drainage, mine tailings, coal, or coal waste as “critical projects,” thereby expediting their federal permitting process. This change would affect mining and resource recovery operations seeking federal approvals by streamlining regulatory review for projects focused on recovering valuable materials from legacy coal and mining waste streams. The bill does not create new programs or funding but modifies existing definitions to prioritize…
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