S.Amdt. 497

SA 497. Mr. RISCH (for himself and Mr. Crapo) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for military activities of the
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle F of title III, add the following:

SEC. 359. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONSULTATION ON CERTAIN
STRATEGIC MINERAL PROJECTS.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall consult
with the Chief of the Forest Service and the Director of the
Bureau of Land Management on covered projects to ensure that
NEPA reviews conducted by cooperating agencies of each such
covered project are conducted in an efficient manner.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Cooperating agency.--The term ``cooperating agency''
means a Federal agency other than the Forest Service or the
Bureau of Land Management involved in a NEPA review of a
covered project.
(2) Covered project.--The term ``covered project'' means a
project that would produce any strategic mineral where the
Forest Service or the Bureau of Land Management is the lead
agency.
(3) NEPA review.--The term ``NEPA review'' means an
environmental document required under section 102(2)(C) of
the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C.
4332(2)(C)).
(4) Strategic minerals.--The term ``strategic minerals''
means materials designated as strategic and critical under
section 3(a) of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock
Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98b(a)).
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