{"id":"dd2c3bdb-3317-4a98-8721-a37ad3f371ee","feedVisibility":"normal","congress":119,"billType":"hr","billNumber":3803,"title":"EO 14285 Act of 2025","displayTitle":"EO 14285 Act of 2025","abstract":"EO 14285 Act of 2025 This bill provides statutory authority for Executive Order 14285, which expedites the process for reviewing and issuing permits and licenses for seabed mineral resource development.","displaySummary":"<p><strong>YVN Summary</strong></p>\n\n<p>Executive Order 14285, which promotes the development of seabed mineral resources on the U.S. continental shelf, would be written into permanent law. That means even if a future president revokes the executive order, the policy would remain in effect. The bill is a single sentence — it gives the executive order \"the force and effect of law.\" It's aimed at locking in federal support for offshore mining of critical minerals like cobalt, manganese, and rare earths that are currently imported from countries like China.</p>","status":"COMMITTEE_CONSIDERATION","topics":["ECONOMY","TECHNOLOGY","GOVERNMENT_OPERATIONS"],"introducedAt":"2025-06-06T00:00:00+00:00","latestActionAt":"2025-06-06T00:00:00+00:00","congressGovUrl":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3803","accountabilityFlags":{"corporate_benefits":["↑ Federal backing for offshore critical-mineral mining industry — Executive policy promoting it codified in statute"],"environmental_concerns":["↑ Seabed mineral extraction policy — Executive Order 14285 given the force and effect of law","↓ Future executive flexibility to revise or revoke seabed mining policy — Statute would override EO revocation"],"transparency_accountability":["↓ Mandatory re-examination of seabed mining policy — No sunset; codification removes the ordinary EO review-and-revoke pathway"]},"tldr":"Writes the seabed-mining executive order into permanent law, so it survives even if a future president revokes it.","summaryStandard":null,"flagExplainers":{},"flagValence":{},"needsResummary":false,"displaySummaryHtml":null,"rawStatusText":"Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.","chamber":"HOUSE","policyArea":"Energy","legislativeSubjects":[],"lawStatus":null,"lawNumber":null,"latestActionText":null,"latestTextVersion":null,"textVersionUsed":"Introduced in House","dateAdded":"2026-03-30T00:00:00+00:00","summarizedAt":"2026-03-30T00:00:00+00:00","recordId":"dd2c3bdb-3317-4a98-8721-a37ad3f371ee","feedIdentityKey":"119/hr/3803","websiteBillId":"HR-3803","yourvoiceSummary":"Executive Order 14285, which promotes the development of seabed mineral resources on the U.S. continental shelf, would be written into permanent law. That means even if a future president revokes the executive order, the policy would remain in effect. The bill is a single sentence — it gives the executive order \"the force and effect of law.\" It's aimed at locking in federal support for offshore mining of critical minerals like cobalt, manganese, and rare earths that are currently imported from countries like China.","updatedAt":"2026-10-25T01:17:13.893006+00:00"}