National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor (NIETC):  “... Should state and local governments fail to issue permits allowing construction of new transmission, the Energy Policy Act of 2005 gives the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) the authority to issue a federal permit empowering a project director to exercise the right of eminent domain  to purchase property needed to complete the project.”
H. Rept. 114 - 253 – National Strategic And Critical Minerals Production Act of 2015: The next logical step with this legislation would be to incorporate the above quoted provisions of NIETC.  In short, an end run, circumventing (they will probably call it “expediting”) the full permitting process, and nullifying State and Tribal powers.
In practical application, it could mandate the development of the Pebble, and other mega-mining operations, with no recourse available to the State or Tribes.
State and Tribes should support H.R.963 – Hardrock Mining Reform and Reclamation Act.