(U.S. SENATE) – Montana Republican United States Senator Tim Sheehy, recently introduced the Revitalizing America’s Offshore Critical Minerals Dominance Act of 2025, a bill to expand the United States’ offshore extraction of critical minerals..
The bill codifies certain elements of President Trump’s Executive Order 14285, “Unleashing America’s Offshore Critical Minerals and Resources.”
Specifically, the bill directs relevant secretaries to: Expedite the process for reviewing and issuing licenses under the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act and Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, Develop a plan to map priority areas of the seabed and outer continental shelf with critical minerals, Identify critical minerals that may be derived from seabed mineral resources, and engage with key partners or allies to offer support for seabed mineral resource exploration, extraction, processing, and environmental monitoring.
