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Executive Order 14241 of March 20, 2025 Immediate Measures To Increase American Mineral Production

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Summary

Executive Order 14241, issued by the President on March 20, 2025, directs immediate measures to increase American mineral production, aiming to reduce reliance on foreign nations and bolster national and economic security. It mandates federal agencies to expedite permitting for priority mineral projects, prioritize mineral production on federal lands, and leverage Defense Production Act authorities to facilitate private and public capital investment in domestic mineral supply chains.

Key provisions

This summary outlines the key directives, requirements, and compliance obligations set forth in Executive Order 14241, "Immediate Measures To Increase American Mineral Production," issued on March 20, 2025.

Purpose and Definitions

Purpose: The Executive Order aims to significantly increase domestic mineral production to enhance national and economic security, reduce reliance on foreign nations, and support critical sectors like transportation, infrastructure, defense, and technology. It asserts that overbearing Federal regulation has eroded U.S. mineral production, creating a reliance on hostile foreign powers.
Key Definitions:
- Mineral: Includes critical minerals (as defined by 30 U.S.C. 1606(a)(3)), uranium, copper, potash, gold, and any other element, compound, or material determined by the Chair of the National Energy Dominance Council (NEDC).
- Mineral production: Encompasses the mining, processing, refining, and smelting of minerals, as well as the production of processed critical minerals and derivative products.
- Processed minerals: Refers to activities from ore extraction through conversion into metal, metal powder, or master alloy.
- Derivative products: Includes goods incorporating processed minerals, such as semiconductor wafers, batteries, electric vehicles, and microprocessors.

Expediting Mineral Production Projects

Agency Project Identification and Expediting (Compliance Requirement):
- Within 10 days of March 20, 2025, the head of each executive department and agency involved in mineral permitting must provide the Chair of the NEDC a list of all submitted mineral production project applications.
- Within 10 days of submitting these lists, agency heads, in coordination with the NEDC Chair, must identify priority projects for immediate approval or permitting and take all necessary actions to expedite their issuance.
Permitting Dashboard Integration (Compliance Requirement):
- Within 15 days of March 20, 2025, the Chair of the NEDC, in consultation with relevant agencies, must submit mineral production projects to the Executive Director of the Permitting Council for consideration as transparency projects on the Permitting Dashboard.
- Within 15 days of receiving this submission, the Executive Director shall publish any selected projects and establish schedules for expedited review.
Industry Feedback: The Chair of the NEDC, in consultation with relevant agencies, is directed to issue a request for information (RFI) to solicit industry feedback on regulatory bottlenecks and strategies for expediting domestic mineral production.

Land Use and Regulatory Clarification

Prioritizing Federal Lands for Mineral Production (Compliance Requirement):
- Within 10 days of March 20, 2025, the Secretary of the Interior must identify and provide the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs a list of all Federal lands known to hold mineral deposits and reserves.
- The Secretary of the Interior shall prioritize mineral production and mining-related purposes as the primary land uses in these areas, consistent with applicable law, and amend or revise land use plans under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act as necessary.
Identifying Sites for Commercial Mineral Production (Compliance Requirement):
- Within 30 days of March 20, 2025, the Secretaries of Defense, Interior, Agriculture, and Energy must identify as many sites as possible on Federal land managed by their respective agencies suitable for leasing or development for private commercial mineral production enterprises. They must provide this list to the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, and the Chair of the NEDC, prioritizing sites with potential for rapid permitting and significant impact on the domestic mineral supply chain.
Facilitating Leases and Public Assistance (Compliance Requirement):
- The Secretaries of Defense and Energy shall enter into extended use leases with private entities for commercial mineral production on identified lands.
- Within 30 days of March 20, 2025, the Secretaries of Defense and Energy must coordinate with the Secretary of Agriculture, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, and other agencies to ensure private parties entering lease agreements can utilize favorable terms and conditions available under public assistance programs.
Mining Act of 1872 Recommendations (Compliance Requirement):
- Within 30 days of March 20, 2025, the Chair of the NEDC and the Director of the Office of Legislative Affairs must jointly prepare and submit recommendations to the President for Congress to clarify the treatment of waste rock, tailings, and mine waste disposal under the Mining Act of 1872.

Accelerating Capital Investment and Financing

Defense Production Act (DPA) Authority and Waivers:
- The Executive Order waives specific requirements of 50 U.S.C. 4533(a)(1)-(6) and 50 U.S.C. 4531(d)(1)(a)(ii), 4332(d)(1)(B), and 4533(a)(1)-(6) in response to the national energy emergency declared by Executive Order 14156.
- It delegates the President's DPA Section 303 authority (50 U.S.C. 4533) to the Secretary of Defense for domestic production and facilitation of strategic resources, in consultation with relevant agencies.
- It also delegates DPA Sections 301, 302, 303, and implementation authority (50 U.S.C. 4554, 4555, 4556, 4560) to the CEO of the United States International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) for domestic mineral production, with loan authority limited to creating, maintaining, protecting, expanding, or restoring domestic mineral production.
Industrial Base Development (Compliance Requirement):
- Within 30 days of March 20, 2025, the Secretary of Defense shall add mineral production as a priority industrial capability development area for the Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment Program.
Rescinding Disclosure Policies: Agencies empowered to make loans, grants, or conclude offtake agreements for mineral supply chains shall, to the extent permitted by law, rescind policies requiring applicants to submit Regulation S-K part 1300 disclosures.
DFC Rules and Regulations (Compliance Requirement): The DFC CEO, in coordination with the OMB Director, shall adopt appropriate rules and regulations to implement the order, in coordination with the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy.
Dedicated Mineral Production Fund (Compliance Requirement):
- Within 30 days of March 20, 2025, the DFC CEO and the Secretary of Defense shall develop and propose a plan to the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs for the DFC to establish a dedicated mineral and mineral production fund for domestic investments, utilizing Department of Defense investment authorities (including the DPA) and the DoD Office of Strategic Capital. This plan requires approval from the Secretary of Defense, DFC CEO, and Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.
Export-Import Bank Guidance (Compliance Requirement):
- Within 30 days of March 20, 2025, the President of the Export-Import Bank shall release recommended program guidance for mineral and mineral production financing tools under the Supply Chain Resiliency Initiative and Make More in America Initiative.
Mineral Buyers Forum (Compliance Requirement):
- Within 30 days of March 20, 2025, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy shall convene buyers of minerals and work towards an announced request for bids to supply minerals.
Small Business Support (Compliance Requirement):
- Within 45 days of March 20, 2025, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall prepare and submit recommendations for legislation to enhance private-public capital activities supporting financings to domestic small businesses engaged in mineral production, and promulgate necessary regulations, rules, and guidance.

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Purpose and Definitions

Purpose: The Executive Order aims to significantly increase domestic mineral production to enhance national and economic security, reduce reliance on foreign nations, and support critical sectors like transportation, infrastructure, defense, and technology. It asserts that overbearing Federal regulation has eroded U.S. mineral production, creating a reliance on hostile foreign powers.

Key Definitions:

Mineral: Includes critical minerals (as defined by 30 U.S.C. 1606(a)(3)), uranium, copper, potash, gold, and any other element, compound, or material determined by the Chair of the National Energy Dominance Council (NEDC).
Mineral production: Encompasses the mining, processing, refining, and smelting of minerals, as well as the production of processed critical minerals and derivative products.
Processed minerals: Refers to activities from ore extraction through conversion into metal, metal powder, or master alloy.
Derivative products: Includes goods incorporating processed minerals, such as semiconductor wafers, batteries, electric vehicles, and microprocessors.

Expediting Mineral Production Projects

Agency Project Identification and Expediting (Compliance Requirement):

Within 10 days of March 20, 2025, the head of each executive department and agency involved in mineral permitting must provide the Chair of the NEDC a list of all submitted mineral production project applications.
Within 10 days of submitting these lists, agency heads, in coordination with the NEDC Chair, must identify priority projects for immediate approval or permitting and take all necessary actions to expedite their issuance.

Permitting Dashboard Integration (Compliance Requirement):

Within 15 days of March 20, 2025, the Chair of the NEDC, in consultation with relevant agencies, must submit mineral production projects to the Executive Director of the Permitting Council for consideration as transparency projects on the Permitting Dashboard.
Within 15 days of receiving this submission, the Executive Director shall publish any selected projects and establish schedules for expedited review.

Industry Feedback: The Chair of the NEDC, in consultation with relevant agencies, is directed to issue a request for information (RFI) to solicit industry feedback on regulatory bottlenecks and strategies for expediting domestic mineral production.

Land Use and Regulatory Clarification

Prioritizing Federal Lands for Mineral Production (Compliance Requirement):

Within 10 days of March 20, 2025, the Secretary of the Interior must identify and provide the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs a list of all Federal lands known to hold mineral deposits and reserves.
The Secretary of the Interior shall prioritize mineral production and mining-related purposes as the primary land uses in these areas, consistent with applicable law, and amend or revise land use plans under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act as necessary.

Identifying Sites for Commercial Mineral Production (Compliance Requirement):

Within 30 days of March 20, 2025, the Secretaries of Defense, Interior, Agriculture, and Energy must identify as many sites as possible on Federal land managed by their respective agencies suitable for leasing or development for private commercial mineral production enterprises. They must provide this list to the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, and the Chair of the NEDC, prioritizing sites with potential for rapid permitting and significant impact on the domestic mineral supply chain.

Facilitating Leases and Public Assistance (Compliance Requirement):

The Secretaries of Defense and Energy shall enter into extended use leases with private entities for commercial mineral production on identified lands.
Within 30 days of March 20, 2025, the Secretaries of Defense and Energy must coordinate with the Secretary of Agriculture, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, and other agencies to ensure private parties entering lease agreements can utilize favorable terms and conditions available under public assistance programs.

Mining Act of 1872 Recommendations (Compliance Requirement):

Within 30 days of March 20, 2025, the Chair of the NEDC and the Director of the Office of Legislative Affairs must jointly prepare and submit recommendations to the President for Congress to clarify the treatment of waste rock, tailings, and mine waste disposal under the Mining Act of 1872.

Accelerating Capital Investment and Financing

Defense Production Act (DPA) Authority and Waivers:

The Executive Order waives specific requirements of 50 U.S.C. 4533(a)(1)-(6) and 50 U.S.C. 4531(d)(1)(a)(ii), 4332(d)(1)(B), and 4533(a)(1)-(6) in response to the national energy emergency declared by Executive Order 14156.
It delegates the President's DPA Section 303 authority (50 U.S.C. 4533) to the Secretary of Defense for domestic production and facilitation of strategic resources, in consultation with relevant agencies.
It also delegates DPA Sections 301, 302, 303, and implementation authority (50 U.S.C. 4554, 4555, 4556, 4560) to the CEO of the United States International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) for domestic mineral production, with loan authority limited to creating, maintaining, protecting, expanding, or restoring domestic mineral production.

Industrial Base Development (Compliance Requirement):

Within 30 days of March 20, 2025, the Secretary of Defense shall add mineral production as a priority industrial capability development area for the Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment Program.

Rescinding Disclosure Policies: Agencies empowered to make loans, grants, or conclude offtake agreements for mineral supply chains shall, to the extent permitted by law, rescind policies requiring applicants to submit Regulation S-K part 1300 disclosures.

DFC Rules and Regulations (Compliance Requirement): The DFC CEO, in coordination with the OMB Director, shall adopt appropriate rules and regulations to implement the order, in coordination with the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy.

Dedicated Mineral Production Fund (Compliance Requirement):

Within 30 days of March 20, 2025, the DFC CEO and the Secretary of Defense shall develop and propose a plan to the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs for the DFC to establish a dedicated mineral and mineral production fund for domestic investments, utilizing Department of Defense investment authorities (including the DPA) and the DoD Office of Strategic Capital. This plan requires approval from the Secretary of Defense, DFC CEO, and Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.

Export-Import Bank Guidance (Compliance Requirement):

Within 30 days of March 20, 2025, the President of the Export-Import Bank shall release recommended program guidance for mineral and mineral production financing tools under the Supply Chain Resiliency Initiative and Make More in America Initiative.

Mineral Buyers Forum (Compliance Requirement):

Within 30 days of March 20, 2025, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy shall convene buyers of minerals and work towards an announced request for bids to supply minerals.

Small Business Support (Compliance Requirement):

Within 45 days of March 20, 2025, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall prepare and submit recommendations for legislation to enhance private-public capital activities supporting financings to domestic small businesses engaged in mineral production, and promulgate necessary regulations, rules, and guidance.