It seems that Democrats don’t even like following the laws passed by their own party. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act was passed to look like the party was able to be useful, with one of the provisions for there to be new mines started to make sure the US did not need to rely on nations like China for needed minerals. The Department of Interior has been doing something, but it has already gone past the deadline for the initial report and did not give all the information needed to satisfy the law. Law Requirements Here, via a White House press release , is what the relevant section is dealing with. Working to reform outdated permitting laws and regulations. The Mining Law of 1872 still governs mining of most critical minerals on Federal public lands. The Department of Interior has established an interagency working group (IWG) to advance legislative and regulatory reform of mine permitting and oversight. The IWG released a list of Biden-Harris Administration fundamental princ...