House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

Streamlining Critical Mineral Permitting Act

H.R. 3059Introduced Apr 29, 2025Policy area: Energy

Official title: To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide the owner or operator of a critical energy resource facility an interim permit under subtitle C that is subject to final approval by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep. Earl Carter R-GA

Open in Bill Explorer →

Where it went

IntroducedApr 29, 2025
Committee action—
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Apr 29, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3059.

Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTER of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 71, April 29, 2025, Page H1728):
Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 29, 2025 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
Statement length
40 characters
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3059, 119th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3059
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 19, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 24, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ee314b2c91383ab31ca4ce2e10a2e501d707a678cc9dbb0a942b5e60d2b68049
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

Sent to: Energy and Commerce CommitteeBills with a CBO estimate Bills with a committee report See it in the Data Web

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3059, last updated September 19, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 24, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

9 cosponsors — 9 Republicans

0 of 9 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Troy Balderson (R-OH), Andy Barr (R-KY), Mike Bost (R-IL), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Chuck Edwards (R-NC), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Derek Schmidt (R-KS), Roger Williams (R-TX).

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Earl Carter.

Sponsor’s state and district

Georgia in Congress · GA-1 district

Open in Bill Explorer →

Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.