National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act of 2012

Introduced in House

Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 12.

Committee on Judiciary discharged.

Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 726 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4402 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. The resolution makes in order as original text for purpose of amendment the amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 112-26. All points of order against the amendment in the nature of a substitute are waived.

DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Slaughter motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment prohibiting the issuance of permits for mining to persons, corporations or their subsidiaries that have failed to pay any state or federal taxes. The motion also sought to add provisions to Federal mining permits prohibiting the export of strategic and critical minerals to China and Iran, and sought to require, to the extent practicable, that all mining equipment used under mining permits be made in America and to prohibit the holder of the permit from outsourcing American jobs.

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Rule H. Res. 726 passed House.

Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 256 - 160 (Roll no. 468).