Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Rare Earth Solutions and Carbon Utilization Enhancement Act of 2025” or the “RESCUE Act of 2025”.
Rare Earth Solutions and Carbon Utilization Enhancement Act of 2025
A BILL
To amend the FAST Act to add activities relating to the extraction, recovery, or processing of certain materials to the definition of a critical project, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Permit process for projects relating to extraction, recovery, or processing of certain materials
Section 41001(6)(A) of the FAST Act (42 U.S.C. 4370m(6)(A)) is amended—
in clause (iii)(III), by striking “or” at the end;
in clause (iv)(II), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; or”; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(v) is related to the extraction, recovery, or processing from acid mine drainage, mine tailings, coal, coal waste, coal processing waste, or pre- or post-combustion coal byproducts of—
“(I) a mineral of a kind that is locatable under the Mining Law of 1872 (30 U.S.C. 22 et seq.), including such a mineral located on lands acquired by the United States (as that term is defined in section 2 of the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands (30 U.S.C. 351));
“(II) a rare earth element; or
“(III) microfine carbon or carbon from coal.”