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Union Calendar No. 610
118THCONGRESS
2
DSESSION H. R. 8446
[Report No. 118–723]
To amend the Energy Act of 2020 to include critical materials in the
definition of critical mineral, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY17, 2024
Mr. C
ISCOMANI(for himself, Mr. NEWHOUSE, and Mr. CRANE) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
N
OVEMBER1, 2024
Additional sponsors: Mr. B
IGGS, Mrs. LESKO, and Mr. CURTIS
N
OVEMBER1, 2024
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 17, 2024]
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A BILL
To amend the Energy Act of 2020 to include critical mate-
rials in the definition of critical mineral, and for other
purposes.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Critical Mineral Con-4
sistency Act of 2024’’. 5
SEC. 2. CRITICAL MATERIALS INCLUDED AS CRITICAL MIN-6
ERALS. 7
Section 7002 of the Energy Act of 2020 (30 U.S.C. 8
1606) is amended— 9
(1) in subsection (a)(3)(A), to read as follows: 10
‘‘(A) I
N GENERAL.—The term ‘critical min-11
eral’ means— 12
‘‘(i) any mineral, element, substance, 13
or material designated as critical by the 14
Secretary under subsection (c); and 15
‘‘(ii) a critical material as determined 16
by the Secretary of Energy under para-17
graph (2)(A).’’; and 18
(2) in subsection (c)(5), by adding at the end the 19
following: 20
‘‘(C) I
NCLUSION OF CRITICAL MATERIALS .— 21
Not later than 45 days after the date on which 22
the Secretary of Energy determines a non-fuel 23
mineral, element, substance, or material to be a 24
critical material under subsection (a)(2)(A), the 25
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Secretary shall update the list of critical min-1
erals published under paragraph (3) to include 2
such critical material.’’. 3
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610
118
TH
CONGRESS
2
D
S
ESSION
H. R. 8446
[Report No. 118–723]
A BILL
To amend the Energy Act of 2020 to include crit-
ical materials in the definition of critical mineral,
and for other purposes.
N
OVEMBER
1, 2024
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,
and ordered to be printed
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