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House vote: H.R. 761 // September 18, 2013

National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act of 2013

Sponsor: Mark Amodei (R-NV)

National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act of 2013 - Title I: Development of Domestic Sources of Strategic and Critical Minerals - (Sec. 101) Deems a domestic mine that will provide strategic and critical minerals to be an "infrastructure project" as described in Presidential Order "Improving Performance of Federal Permitting and Review of Infrastructure Projects" dated March 22, 2012. (Sec.

Public Lands and Natural Resources Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

Who won, and how much of the country was behind them

Won the vote · Nay

241 votes, representing 133,800,013 people55.3%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Yea

187 votes, representing 104,289,708 people43.1%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 1.6% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
NayWon24155.3%
YeaLost18743.1%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken01.6%