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H.R. 1501: Protecting Domestic Mining Act of 2025 · Congress Swing Tracker

H.R. 1501119th CongressEnergy

Protecting Domestic Mining Act of 2025

Sponsored by Rep. Jefferson Shreve (R-IN) · 2 active : 2 Republicans

Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate

Passed House

House: passedSep 2, 2026
Senate: next
President: not yet

9 senators score as swing votes

Summary

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Protecting Domestic Mining Act of 2025

This bill provides statutory authority for federal agencies to expedite the environmental review of certain mining infrastructure projects.

Specifically, the bill permanently makes certain mining infrastructure projects eligible for expedited environmental review under the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act). This provides statutory authority for similar authorities that were included in the rule titled

Adding Mining as a Sector of Projects Eligible for Coverage Under Title 41 of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act

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and issued by the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council (Permitting Council) on January 8, 2021.

The bill also prohibits the Permitting Council from finalizing its proposed rule titled

Revising Scope of the Mining Sector of Projects That Are Eligible for Coverage Under Title 41 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act

and issued on September 22, 2023. Among other modifications, the rule proposes to limit the types of mining projects that are eligible for the expedited environmental review process. Specifically, the proposed rule limits the expedited process to critical minerals mining projects.

How the projections held up

Each member’s recorded vote compared with their swing projection from before the vote. A member by voting against most of their own party.

House

On PassagePassed218 yea, 201 naySeptember 2, 2026 · Roll call 294

How members in each band voted on this House vote, by their projection before the vote
BandBand before the vote	VotedVoted yea or nay	BrokeBroke with party	Share
Swing	48	7	15%
Middle	247	0	0%
Entrenched	119	0	0%
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Committees and subjects

Committees

House Committee on Natural Resources · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
Energy and Mineral Resources · HouseDischarged from · Hearings by (subcommittee) · Referred to
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs · SenateReferred to

Subjects

Infrastructure development
Metals
Mining

Senate · 100 House · 433

Model

v3defaultv2

Directional: count only breaks toward the other party Why do scores change?

How the House breaks down

66Swing 70–100
224Middle 30–70
140Entrenched 0–30
3Insufficient data not ranked

Members fall into . 3 representatives don’t have enough data yet and are marked “insufficient data”. Non-voting delegates are not counted. The bill is not before the House right now; these scores show where members would stand.

Key players in the House

Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3, directional

: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.

Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.

Similar past votes, House

Earlier behind swing-v3’s input

Similar votes count toward swing-v3 in the House: total similarity weight 62.0 (needs 5.0).

H.R. 1501 · Sep 2, 2026 · Roll call 654On PassageProtecting Domestic Mining Act
PassedSame bill×3.0
H.R. 4090 · Feb 4, 2026 · Roll call 415On PassageCritical Mineral Dominance Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 8446 · Nov 14, 2024 · Roll call 1180On PassageCritical Mineral Consistency Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 5587 · Apr 23, 2026 · Roll call 497On PassageHEATS Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 4690 · Apr 22, 2026 · Roll call 494On PassageReliable Federal Infrastructure Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 4758 · Feb 25, 2026 · Roll call 438On PassageHomeowner Energy Freedom Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 4626 · Feb 24, 2026 · Roll call 436On PassageDon’t Mess With My Home Appliances Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 3617 · Feb 11, 2026 · Roll call 424On PassageSecuring America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5

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H.R. 4593 · Jan 13, 2026 · Roll call 383On PassageSHOWER Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 5184 · Jan 9, 2026 · Roll call 372On PassageAffordable HOMES Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 3616 · Dec 17, 2025 · Roll call 346On PassageReliable Power Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 3632 · Dec 16, 2025 · Roll call 341On PassagePower Plant Reliability Act
PassedSame policy area

Cosponsors

2 active

Show all 2 cosponsors

Blake D. Moore (R-UT-1)
H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-9)

How the swing score works

Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.

Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.

Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.

Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.

Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.

Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.

All voting members	419	7	2%

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Jared F. GoldenDemocrat · Maine 2nd · Lean R+4House Committee on Natural ResourcesEnergy and Mineral ResourcesOn the ballot
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Broke with party on 51% of 114 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
100Swing
Vote on passage, Sep 2, 2026:YeaBroke with partyProjected: 100 Swing
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Jennifer A. KiggansRepublican · Virginia 2nd · Lean EVENHouse Committee on Natural ResourcesEnergy and Mineral ResourcesOn the ballot
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Broke with party on 5% of 116 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
98Swing
Vote on passage, Sep 2, 2026:Yea
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Adam GrayDemocrat · California 13th · Lean R+1House Committee on Natural ResourcesOn the ballot
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Broke with party on 63% of 23 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
96Swing
Vote on passage, Sep 2, 2026:YeaBroke with party
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Susie LeeDemocrat · Nevada 3rd · Lean D+1House Committee on Natural ResourcesEnergy and Mineral ResourcesOn the ballot
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Committee
Broke with party on 10% of 114 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
Today93Swing
Vote on passage, Sep 2, 2026:Nay
5
Marie Gluesenkamp PerezDemocrat · Washington 3rd · Lean R+2On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 49% of 117 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
Today93Swing
Vote on passage, Sep 2, 2026:YeaBroke with party
6
Brian K. FitzpatrickRepublican · Pennsylvania 1st · Lean D+1On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 39% of 117 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
93Swing
Vote on passage, Sep 2, 2026:YeaProjected: 93 Swing
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Michael LawlerRepublican · New York 17th · Lean D+1On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 5% of 117 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
Today92Swing
Vote on passage, Sep 2, 2026:YeaProjected at the vote: 79 Swing (today: 92)
8
Henry CuellarDemocrat · Texas 28th · Lean R+2On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 51% of 117 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
91Swing
Vote on passage, Sep 2, 2026:YeaBroke with party
9
Thomas H. KeanRepublican · New Jersey 7th · Lean EVENOn the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 4% of 114 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
Today89Swing
Vote on passage, Sep 2, 2026:YeaProjected at the vote: 77 Swing (today: 89)
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Don BaconRepublican · Nebraska 2nd · Lean D+3On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 3% of 117 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
Today89Swing
Vote on passage, Sep 2, 2026:YeaProjected at the vote: 77 Swing (today: 89)