Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3617 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3617

To amend the Department of Energy Organization Act to secure the supply
  of critical energy resources, including critical minerals and other
                   materials, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 29, 2025

     Mr. James (for himself, Mr. Obernolte, and Mrs. Miller-Meeks)
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
                          Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL

To amend the Department of Energy Organization Act to secure the supply
  of critical energy resources, including critical minerals and other
                   materials, 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 ``Securing America's Critical Minerals
Supply Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ORGANIZATION ACT.

    The Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.)
is amended--
            (1) in section 2, by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) As used in sections 102(20) and 203(a)(12), the term
`critical energy resource' means any energy resource--
            ``(1) that is essential to the energy sector and energy
        systems of the United States; and
            ``(2) the supply chain of which is vulnerable to
        disruption.'';
            (2) in section 102, by adding at the end the following:
            ``(20) To ensure there is an adequate and reliable supply
        of critical energy resources that are essential to the energy
        security of the United States.''; and
            (3) in section 203(a), by adding at the end the following:
            ``(12) Functions that relate to securing the supply of
        critical energy resources, including identifying and mitigating
        the effects of a disruption of such supply on--
                    ``(A) the development and use of energy
                technologies; and
                    ``(B) the operation of energy systems.''.

SEC. 3. SECURING CRITICAL ENERGY RESOURCE SUPPLY CHAINS.

    (a) In General.--In carrying out the requirements of the Department
of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), the Secretary of
Energy, in consultation with the appropriate Federal agencies,
representatives of the energy sector, States, and other stakeholders,
shall--
            (1) conduct ongoing assessments of--
                    (A) energy resource criticality based on the
                importance of critical energy resources to the
                development of energy technologies and the supply of
                energy;
                    (B) the critical energy resource supply chain of
                the United States;
                    (C) the vulnerability of such supply chain;
                    (D) how the energy security of the United States is
                affected by the reliance of the United States on
                importation of critical energy resources; and
                    (E) how adversarial nations seek to exploit
                critical energy resource markets to undermine
                investment in the United States, which may include the
                extent to which adversarial nations employ anti-
                competitive practices, price manipulation, or human
                rights abuses in critical energy resource production
                and exportation;
            (2) facilitate development of strategies to strengthen
        critical energy resource supply chains in the United States,
        including by--
                    (A) diversifying the sources of the supply of
                critical energy resources; and
                    (B) increasing domestic production, separation, and
                processing of critical energy resources;
            (3) develop substitutes and alternatives to critical energy
        resources; and
            (4) improve technology that reuses and recycles critical
        energy resources.
    (b) Critical Energy Resource Defined.--In this section, the term
``critical energy resource'' has the meaning given such term in section
2 of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101).
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