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2		-	Union Calendar No. 14
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3	2		118THCONGRESS
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5	4		STSESSION H. R. 1068
6		-	[Report No. 118–22]
7	5		To amend the Department of Energy Organization Act to secure the supply
8	6		of critical energy resources, including critical minerals and other mate-
9	7		rials, and for other purposes.
10	8		IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
11	9		FEBRUARY17, 2023
12	10		Mr. B
13	11		UCSHON(for himself and Mr. WEBERof Texas) introduced the following
14	12		bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
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16		-	ARCH23, 2023
17		-	Additional sponsors: Mr. O
18		-	BERNOLTE, Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, Mr. GRIFFITH,
19		-	Mr. D
20		-	UNCAN, Mrs. LESKO, Mr. WALBERG, and Mr. CURTIS
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22		-	ARCH23, 2023
23		-	Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
24		-	House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
25		-	[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
26		-	[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 17, 2023]
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30	13		A BILL
31	14		To amend the Department of Energy Organization Act to
32	15		secure the supply of critical energy resources, including
33	16		critical minerals and other materials, and for other pur-
34	17		poses.
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38	18		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
39	19		tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
40	20		SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
41		-	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Securing America’s Crit-4
42		-	ical Minerals Supply Act’’. 5
43		-	SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY OR-6
44		-	GANIZATION ACT. 7
45		-	The Department of Energy Organization Act (42 8
46		-	U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) is amended— 9
47		-	(1) in section 2, by adding at the end the fol-10
48		-	lowing: 11
49		-	‘‘(d) As used in sections 102(20) and 203(a)(12), the 12
50		-	term ‘critical energy resource’ means any energy resource— 13
51		-	‘‘(1) that is essential to the energy sector and en-14
52		-	ergy systems of the United States; and 15
53		-	‘‘(2) the supply chain of which is vulnerable to 16
54		-	disruption.’’; 17
55		-	(2) in section 102, by adding at the end the fol-18
56		-	lowing: 19
57		-	‘‘(20) To ensure there is an adequate and reliable 20
58		-	supply of critical energy resources that are essential 21
59		-	to the energy security of the United States.’’; and 22
60		-	(3) in section 203(a), by adding at the end the 23
61		-	following: 24
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	21	+	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Securing America’s 4
	22	+	Critical Minerals Supply Act’’. 5
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	26	+	SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY OR-1
	27	+	GANIZATION ACT. 2
	28	+	The Department of Energy Organization Act (42 3
	29	+	U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) is amended— 4
	30	+	(1) in section 2, by adding at the end the fol-5
	31	+	lowing: 6
	32	+	‘‘(d) As used in sections 102(20) and 203(a)(12), the 7
	33	+	term ‘critical energy resource’ means any energy resource 8
	34	+	that— 9
	35	+	‘‘(1) is essential to the energy sector and energy 10
	36	+	systems of the United States; and 11
	37	+	‘‘(2) the supply chain of which is vulnerable to 12
	38	+	disruption.’’; 13
	39	+	(2) in section 102, by adding at the end the fol-14
	40	+	lowing: 15
	41	+	‘‘(20) To ensure there is an adequate and reli-16
	42	+	able supply of critical energy resources that are es-17
	43	+	sential to the energy security of the United States.’’; 18
	44	+	and 19
	45	+	(3) in section 203(a), by adding at the end the 20
	46	+	following: 21
	47	+	‘‘(12) Functions that relate to securing the sup-22
	48	+	ply of critical energy resources, including identifying 23
	49	+	and mitigating the effects of a disruption of such 24
	50	+	supply on— 25
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	54	+	‘‘(A) the development and use of energy 1
	55	+	technologies; and 2
	56	+	‘‘(B) the operation of energy systems.’’. 3
	57	+	SEC. 3. SECURING CRITICAL ENERGY RESOURCE SUPPLY 4
	58	+	CHAINS. 5
	59	+	(a) I
	60	+	NGENERAL.—In carrying out the requirements 6
	61	+	of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7
	62	+	7101 et seq.), the Secretary of Energy, in consultation 8
	63	+	with the appropriate Federal agencies, representatives of 9
	64	+	the energy sector, States, and other stakeholders, shall— 10
	65	+	(1) conduct ongoing assessments of— 11
	66	+	(A) energy resource criticality based on the 12
	67	+	importance of critical energy resources to the 13
	68	+	development of energy technologies and the sup-14
	69	+	ply of energy; 15
	70	+	(B) the critical energy resource supply 16
	71	+	chain of the United States; and 17
	72	+	(C) the vulnerability of such supply chain; 18
	73	+	(2) strengthen critical energy resource supply 19
	74	+	chains in the United States, including by— 20
	75	+	(A) diversifying the sources of the supply 21
	76	+	of critical energy resources; and 22
	77	+	(B) increasing domestic production, sepa-23
	78	+	ration, and processing of critical energy re-24
	79	+	sources; 25
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65		-	‘‘(12) Functions that relate to securing the sup-1
66		-	ply of critical energy resources, including identifying 2
67		-	and mitigating the effects of a disruption of such sup-3
68		-	ply on— 4
69		-	‘‘(A) the development and use of energy 5
70		-	technologies; and 6
71		-	‘‘(B) the operation of energy systems.’’. 7
72		-	SEC. 3. SECURING CRITICAL ENERGY RESOURCE SUPPLY 8
73		-	CHAINS. 9
74		-	(a) I
75		-	NGENERAL.—In carrying out the requirements 10
76		-	of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 11
77		-	7101 et seq.), the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with 12
78		-	the appropriate Federal agencies, representatives of the en-13
79		-	ergy sector, States, and other stakeholders, shall— 14
80		-	(1) conduct ongoing assessments of— 15
81		-	(A) energy resource criticality based on the 16
82		-	importance of critical energy resources to the de-17
83		-	velopment of energy technologies and the supply 18
84		-	of energy; 19
85		-	(B) the critical energy resource supply 20
86		-	chain of the United States; 21
87		-	(C) the vulnerability of such supply chain; 22
88		-	and 23
89		-	(D) how the energy security of the United 24
90		-	States is affected by the reliance of the United 25
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94		-	States on importation of critical energy re-1
95		-	sources; 2
96		-	(2) facilitate development of strategies to 3
97		-	strengthen critical energy resource supply chains in 4
98		-	the United States, including by— 5
99		-	(A) diversifying the sources of the supply of 6
100		-	critical energy resources; and 7
101		-	(B) increasing domestic production, separa-8
102		-	tion, and processing of critical energy resources; 9
103		-	(3) develop substitutes and alternatives to crit-10
104		-	ical energy resources; and 11
105		-	(4) improve technology that reuses and recycles 12
106		-	critical energy resources. 13
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	83	+	(3) develop substitutes and alternatives to crit-1
	84	+	ical energy resources; 2
	85	+	(4) improve technology that reuses and recycles 3
	86	+	critical energy resources; and 4
	87	+	(5) evaluate how the energy security of the 5
	88	+	United States is affected by the reliance of the 6
	89	+	United States on importing critical energy resources. 7
107	90		(b) C
108		-	RITICALENERGYRESOURCEDEFINED.—In this 14
109		-	section, the term ‘‘critical energy resource’’ has the meaning 15
110		-	given such term in section 2 of the Department of Energy 16
111		-	Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101). 17
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115		-	118
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117		-	CONGRESS
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121		-	ESSION
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123		-	H. R. 1068
124		-	[Report No. 118–22]
125		-	A BILL
126		-	To amend the Department of Energy Organization
127		-	Act to secure the supply of critical energy re-
128		-	sources, including critical minerals and other ma-
129		-	terials, and for other purposes.
130		-	M
131		-	ARCH
132		-	23, 2023
133		-	Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
134		-	mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,
135		-	and ordered to be printed
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	91	+	RITICALENERGYRESOURCEDEFINED.—In 8
	92	+	this section, the term ‘‘critical energy resource’’ has the 9
	93	+	meaning given such term in section 2 of the Department 10
	94	+	of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101). 11
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