CHARM Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9617 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9617

 To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to direct the Administrator of
 the Environmental Protection Agency to coordinate a National Critical
           Mineral Recovery Strategy, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 9, 2026

 Mr. Palmer (for himself and Mr. Tonko) introduced the following bill;
       which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL

 To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to direct the Administrator of
 the Environmental Protection Agency to coordinate a National Critical
           Mineral Recovery Strategy, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Coordinating and Harnessing
America's Recovery of Minerals Act'' or the ``CHARM Act''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL CRITICAL MINERAL RECOVERY STRATEGY.

    (a) In General.--Subtitle B of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42
U.S.C. 6911 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new
section:

``SEC. 2009. NATIONAL CRITICAL MINERAL RECOVERY STRATEGY.

    ``(a) Strategy.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Administrator shall, in consultation
        with the heads of other Federal agencies that the Administrator
        determines to be relevant, develop and carry out a National
        Critical Mineral Recovery Strategy (in this section referred to
        as the `Strategy') for the purpose of coordinating Federal
        efforts to recover critical minerals from discarded materials.
            ``(2) Purpose.--In developing the Strategy under paragraph
        (1), the Administrator, in consultation with the heads of other
        Federal agencies described in paragraph (1), shall--
                    ``(A) identify programs administered by, and
                authorities of, the Administrator that relate to the
                recovery of critical minerals from discarded materials;
                    ``(B) identify programs administered by, and
                authorities of, the other relevant Federal agencies
                that relate to the recovery of critical minerals from
                discarded materials;
                    ``(C) identify, and consider for inclusion in the
                Strategy, opportunities that expand the recovery of
                critical minerals, as well as that address legal,
                technological, and other barriers to recovering such
                critical minerals from discarded materials;
                    ``(D) identify, and consider for inclusion in the
                Strategy, opportunities to recover critical minerals
                from discarded materials that are mining waste or
                residuals or metal processing waste;
                    ``(E) identify discarded materials that are
                potential sources of critical minerals;
                    ``(F) identify potential critical minerals that may
                be in discarded materials;
                    ``(G) evaluate the role of recovered critical
                minerals, and the sources from which such critical
                minerals were recovered from discarded materials, in
                strengthening domestic supply chains of critical
                minerals; and
                    ``(H) identify opportunities to recover critical
                minerals from discarded materials in a manner that
                minimizes risk to human health and the environment.
    ``(b) Report.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 2 years after the date of
        enactment of this section, and every 2 years thereafter, the
        Administrator shall transmit to the Committee on Energy and
        Commerce of the House of Representatives and Committee on
        Environment and Public Works of the Senate, and make publicly
        available, a report that contains the Strategy and a
        description of activities carried out pursuant to subsection
        (a).
            ``(2) Inclusion.--The Administrator shall include in the
        report transmitted under paragraph (1) a description of--
                    ``(A) any actions taken by the Administrator to
                facilitate the recovery of critical minerals from
                discarded materials pursuant to the Strategy;
                    ``(B) any actions taken by another Federal agency,
                in coordination with the Administrator, to facilitate
                the recovery of critical minerals from discarded
                materials pursuant to the Strategy;
                    ``(C) any ongoing or planned actions by the
                Administrator to facilitate the recovery of critical
                minerals from discarded materials pursuant to the
                Strategy; and
                    ``(D) any recommendations for legislation to
                support the developing and carrying out of the
                Strategy.
    ``(c) Critical Mineral Defined.--In this section, the term
`critical mineral' has the meaning given such term in section
7002(a)(3) of the Energy Act of 2020 (30 U.S.C. 1606(c)(3)).''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents contained in
section 1001 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended by inserting
after the item relating to section 2008 the following:

``Sec. 2009. National Critical Mineral Recovery Strategy.''.
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