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	2	+	Calendar No. 196
1	3		118THCONGRESS
2		-	2
3		-	DSESSION S. 1871
4		-	AN ACT
	4	+	1
	5	+	STSESSION S. 1871
	6	+	[Report No. 118–93]
	7	+	To create intergovernmental coordination between State, local, Tribal, and
	8	+	territorial jurisdictions, and the Federal Government to combat United
	9	+	States reliance on the People’s Republic of China and other covered
	10	+	countries for critical minerals and rare earth metals, and for other
	11	+	purposes.
	12	+	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
	13	+	JUNE8, 2023
	14	+	Mr. P
	15	+	ETERS(for himself, Mr. ROMNEY, Mr. LANKFORD, and Ms. SINEMA) in-
	16	+	troduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com-
	17	+	mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
	18	+	S
	19	+	EPTEMBER5, 2023
	20	+	Reported by Mr. P
	21	+	ETERS, with an amendment
	22	+	[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
	23	+	A BILL
5	24		To create intergovernmental coordination between State,
6	25		local, Tribal, and territorial jurisdictions, and the Fed-
7	26		eral Government to combat United States reliance on
8	27		the People’s Republic of China and other covered coun-
9	28		tries for critical minerals and rare earth metals, and
10		-	for other purposes. 2
11		-	†S 1871 ES
	29	+	for other purposes.
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12	33		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
13	34		tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
14	35		SECTION1.SHORTTITLE. 3
15	36		ThisActmaybecitedasthe‘‘Intergovernmental 4
16	37		CriticalMineralsTaskForceAct’’. 5
17		-	SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 6
18		-	Congress finds that— 7
19		-	(1) current supply chains of critical minerals 8
20		-	pose a great risk to the national security of the 9
21		-	United States; 10
22		-	(2) critical minerals are necessary for transpor-11
23		-	tation, technology, renewable energy, military equip-12
24		-	ment and machinery, and other relevant sectors cru-13
25		-	cial for the homeland and national security of the 14
26		-	United States; 15
27		-	(3) in 2022, the United States was 100 percent 16
28		-	import reliant for 12 out of 50 critical minerals and 17
29		-	more than 50 percent import reliant for an addi-18
30		-	tional 31 critical mineral commodities classified as 19
31		-	‘‘critical’’ by the United States Geological Survey, 20
32		-	and the People’s Republic of China was the top pro-21
33		-	ducing nation for 30 of those 50 critical minerals; 22
34		-	(4) as of July 2023, companies based in the 23
35		-	People’s Republic of China that extract critical min-24 3
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37		-	erals around the world have received hundreds of 1
38		-	charges of human rights violations; and 2
39		-	(5) on August 29, 2014, the World Trade Or-3
40		-	ganization Dispute Settlement Body adopted find-4
41		-	ings that the export restraints by the People’s Re-5
42		-	public of China on rare earth metals, which harmed 6
43		-	manufacturers and workers in the United States, 7
44		-	violated obligations under the General Agreement on 8
45		-	Tariffs and Trade 1994 and China’s Protocol of Ac-9
46		-	cession to the World Trade Organization. 10
47		-	SEC. 3. INTERGOVERNMENTAL CRITICAL MINERALS TASK 11
48		-	FORCE. 12
	38	+	SEC.2.DEFINITIONS. 6
	39	+	InthisAct: 7
	40	+	(1)ALLIEDCOUNTRY.—Theterm‘‘alliedcoun-8
	41	+	try’’means— 9
	42	+	(A)acountrydescribedinsection4801(1) 10
	43	+	oftitle10,UnitedStatesCode;and 11
	44	+	(B)acountrythatthetaskforcedeter-12
	45	+	minesisanallyoftheUnitedStatesforpur-13
	46	+	posesofthisAct. 14
	47	+	(2)APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OFCON-15
	48	+	GRESS.—Theterm‘‘appropriatecommitteesofCon-16
	49	+	gress’’means— 17
	50	+	(A)theCommitteesonHomelandSecurity 18
	51	+	andGovernmentalAffairs,EnergyandNatural 19
	52	+	Resources,ArmedServices,andForeignRela-20
	53	+	tionsoftheSenate;and 21
	54	+	(B)theCommitteesonOversightandAc-22
	55	+	countability,NaturalResources,ArmedServ-23
	56	+	ices,andForeignAffairsoftheHouseofRep-24
	57	+	resentatives. 25
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	61	+	(3)COVEREDCOUNTRY.—Theterm‘‘covered 1
	62	+	country’’means— 2
	63	+	(A)acoverednation(asdefinedinsection 3
	64	+	4872(d)oftitle10,UnitedStatesCode);and 4
	65	+	(B)anyothercountrydeterminedbythe 5
	66	+	taskforcetobeageostrategiccompetitororad-6
	67	+	versaryoftheUnitedStateswithrespectto 7
	68	+	criticalminerals. 8
	69	+	(4)CRITICALMINERAL.—Theterm‘‘critical 9
	70	+	mineral’’hasthemeaninggiventheterminsection 10
	71	+	7002(a)oftheEnergyActof2020(30U.S.C. 11
	72	+	1606(a)). 12
	73	+	(5)DIRECTOR.—Theterm‘‘Director’’means 13
	74	+	theDirectoroftheOfficeofManagementandBudg-14
	75	+	et. 15
	76	+	(6)TASKFORCE.—Theterm‘‘taskforce’’ 16
	77	+	meansthetaskforceestablishedundersection4(b). 17
	78	+	SEC.3.FINDINGS. 18
	79	+	Congressfindsthat— 19
	80	+	(1)currentsupplychainsofcriticalminerals 20
	81	+	poseagreatrisktothehomelandandnationalsecu-21
	82	+	rityoftheUnitedStates;and 22
	83	+	(2)criticalmineralscontributetotranspor-23
	84	+	tation,technology,renewableenergy,militaryequip-24
	85	+	mentandmachinery,andotherrelevantentitiescru-25
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	89	+	cialforthehomelandandnationalsecurityofthe 1
	90	+	UnitedStates. 2
	91	+	SEC.4.INTERGOVERNMENTAL CRITICALMINERALS TASK 3
	92	+	FORCE. 4
	93	+	(a)PURPOSE.—Thepurposeofthetaskforceisto 5
	94	+	assesstherelianceoftheUnitedStatesonthePeople’s 6
	95	+	RepublicofChina,andothercoveredcountries,forcritical 7
	96	+	minerals,andtheresultinghomelandandnationalsecu-8
	97	+	rityrisksassociatedwiththatreliance,ateachlevelof 9
	98	+	theFederal,State,local,Tribal,andterritorialgovern-10
	99	+	ments. 11
	100	+	(b)ESTABLISHMENT.—Notlaterthan90daysafter 12
	101	+	thedateofenactmentofthisAct,theDirectorshallestab-13
	102	+	lishataskforcetofacilitatecooperation,coordination, 14
	103	+	andmutualaccountabilityamongeachleveloftheFederal 15
	104	+	GovernmentandState,local,Tribal,andterritorialgov-16
	105	+	ernmentsonaholisticresponsetothedependenceoncov-17
	106	+	eredcountriesforcriticalmineralsacrosstheUnited 18
	107	+	States. 19
	108	+	(c)COMPOSITION;MEETINGS.— 20
	109	+	(1)APPOINTMENT.—TheDirectorshallappoint 21
	110	+	tothetaskforcerepresentativeswithexpertisein 22
	111	+	criticalmineralsupplychainsfromFederalagencies, 23
	112	+	State,local,Tribal,andterritorialgovernments,and 24
	113	+	academicresearchinstitutions,including— 25
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	117	+	(A)notlessthan1representativefrom 1
	118	+	eachof— 2
	119	+	(i)theDepartmentofAgriculture; 3
	120	+	(ii)theDepartmentofCommerce; 4
	121	+	(iii)theDepartmentofDefense; 5
	122	+	(iv)theDepartmentofEnergy; 6
	123	+	(v)theDepartmentofHomelandSe-7
	124	+	curity; 8
	125	+	(vi)theDepartmentofHousingand 9
	126	+	UrbanDevelopment; 10
	127	+	(vii)theDepartmentoftheInterior; 11
	128	+	(viii)theDepartmentofState; 12
	129	+	(ix)theDepartmentofTranspor-13
	130	+	tation; 14
	131	+	(x)theEnvironmentalProtection 15
	132	+	Agency; 16
	133	+	(xi)theNationalScienceFoundation; 17
	134	+	(xii)theUnitedStatesGeologicalSur-18
	135	+	vey;and 19
	136	+	(xiii)anyotherrelevantFederalenti-20
	137	+	ty,asdeterminedbytheDirector;and 21
	138	+	(B)inconsultationwithrelevantentities, 22
	139	+	notlessthan15representativesfromadiverse 23
	140	+	cross-sectionofState,local,Tribal,andterri-24
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	144	+	torialgovernments,includingnotlessthan5 1
	145	+	representativesfromeachof— 2
	146	+	(i)Stategovernments; 3
	147	+	(ii)localgovernments; 4
	148	+	(iii)Tribalgovernments;and 5
	149	+	(iv)territorialgovernments. 6
	150	+	(2)CHAIR.—TheDirectormayserveaschairof 7
	151	+	thetaskforce,ordesignatearepresentativeofthe 8
	152	+	taskforcetoserveaschair. 9
	153	+	(3)MEETINGS.— 10
	154	+	(A)INITIALMEETING.—Notlaterthan90 11
	155	+	daysafterthedateonwhichallrepresentatives 12
	156	+	ofthetaskforcehavebeenappointed,thetask 13
	157	+	forceshallholdthefirstmeetingofthetask 14
	158	+	force. 15
	159	+	(B)FREQUENCY.—Thetaskforceshall 16
	160	+	meetnotlessthan1timeperquarter. 17
	161	+	(d)DUTIES.— 18
	162	+	(1)INGENERAL.—Thedutiesofthetaskforce 19
	163	+	shallinclude— 20
	164	+	(A)facilitatingcooperation,coordination, 21
	165	+	andmutualaccountabilityfortheFederalGov-22
	166	+	ernmentandState,local,Tribal,andterritorial 23
	167	+	governmentstoenhancedatasharingand 24
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	171	+	transparencyinthesupplychainsforcritical 1
	172	+	minerals; 2
	173	+	(B)addressingthehomelandandnational 3
	174	+	securityrisksassociatedwiththecurrentcrit-4
	175	+	icalmineralsupplychainsoftheUnitedStates; 5
	176	+	(C)identifyingalistofcriticalminerals 6
	177	+	mostimportantforsecuringthehomelandand 7
	178	+	nationalsecurityoftheUnitedStates; 8
	179	+	(D)usingthelistdescribedinsubpara-9
	180	+	graph(C)toassess— 10
	181	+	(i)theamountofcriticalminerals 11
	182	+	mined,processed,refined,andrecycledby 12
	183	+	thePeople’sRepublicofChina,othercov-13
	184	+	eredcountries,andtheUnitedStates;and 14
	185	+	(ii)criticalmineralsthatthetask 15
	186	+	forcedeterminesthattheFederalGovern-16
	187	+	mentandState,local,Tribal,andterri-17
	188	+	torialgovernmentsstillneedtoobtain 18
	189	+	fromcoveredcountriesandrecommend— 19
	190	+	(I)alternativeminerals,available 20
	191	+	intheUnitedStates,thatcansub-21
	192	+	stituteforcriticalmineralsthatthe 22
	193	+	UnitedStatescurrentlyreliesonthe 23
	194	+	People’sRepublicofChinaorother 24
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	198	+	coveredcountriesformining,proc-1
	199	+	essing,refining,andrecycling;and 2
	200	+	(II)opportunitiesfortheFederal 3
	201	+	GovernmentandState,local,Tribal, 4
	202	+	andterritorialgovernmentstomiti-5
	203	+	gaterisktothehomelandandna-6
	204	+	tionalsecurityoftheUnitedStates 7
	205	+	withrespecttosupplychainsforcrit-8
	206	+	icalmineralsthattheUnitedStates 9
	207	+	currentlyreliesonthePeople’sRe-10
	208	+	publicofChinaorothercoveredcoun-11
	209	+	triesformining,processing,refining, 12
	210	+	andrecycling; 13
	211	+	(E)providingrecommendationsaddress-14
	212	+	ing— 15
	213	+	(i)researchanddevelopmentinto 16
	214	+	emergingtechnologiesnecessarytoexpand 17
	215	+	existingcriticalmineralsupplychainsin 18
	216	+	theUnitedStatesandtoestablishnew 19
	217	+	criticalmineralsupplychainsintheUnited 20
	218	+	States; 21
	219	+	(ii)increasingopportunitiesformin-22
	220	+	ing,processing,refinement,reuse,andre-23
	221	+	cyclingofcriticalminerals,includingcrit-24
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	225	+	icalmineralslistedonthelistdescribedin 1
	226	+	subparagraph(C),intheUnitedStates; 2
	227	+	(iii)strengtheningthedomesticwork-3
	228	+	forcetosupportgrowingcriticalmineral 4
	229	+	supplychainsintheUnitedStates;and 5
	230	+	(iv)improvingpartnershipsbetween 6
	231	+	theUnitedStatesandalliedcountriesto 7
	232	+	improvecriticalmineralsupplychains;and 8
	233	+	(F)otherduties,asdeterminedbytheDi-9
	234	+	rector. 10
	235	+	(2)REPORT.—TheDirectorshall— 11
	236	+	(A)notlaterthan2yearsafterthedate 12
	237	+	ofenactmentofthisAct,submittotheappro-13
	238	+	priatecommitteesofCongressareportthatde-14
	239	+	scribesanyfindings,guidelines,andrec-15
	240	+	ommendationscreatedinperformingtheduties 16
	241	+	underparagraph(1);and 17
	242	+	(B)notlaterthan120daysafterthedate 18
	243	+	onwhichtheDirectorsubmitsthereportunder 19
	244	+	subparagraph(A),publishthatreportinthe 20
	245	+	FederalRegister,exceptthattheDirectorshall 21
	246	+	redactinformationfromthereportthattheDi-22
	247	+	rectordeterminescouldposearisktothe 23
	248	+	homelandandnationalsecurityoftheUnited 24
	249	+	Statesbybeingpubliclyavailable. 25
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	253	+	(e)SUNSET.—Thetaskforceshallterminateonthe 1
	254	+	datethatis90daysafterthedateonwhichthetaskforce 2
	255	+	completestherequirementsundersubsection(d)(2). 3
	256	+	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 4
	257	+	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Intergovernmental Crit-5
	258	+	ical Minerals Task Force Act’’. 6
	259	+	SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 7
	260	+	In this Act: 8
	261	+	(1) A
	262	+	PPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS .— 9
	263	+	The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ 10
	264	+	means— 11
	265	+	(A) the Committees on Homeland Security 12
	266	+	and Governmental Affairs, Energy and Natural 13
	267	+	Resources, Armed Services, Environment and 14
	268	+	Public Works, Commerce, Science, and Transpor-15
	269	+	tation, and Foreign Relations of the Senate; and 16
	270	+	(B) the Committees on Oversight and Ac-17
	271	+	countability, Natural Resources, Armed Services, 18
	272	+	and Foreign Affairs of the House of Representa-19
	273	+	tives. 20
	274	+	(2) C
	275	+	OVERED COUNTRY .—The term ‘‘covered 21
	276	+	country’’ means— 22
	277	+	(A) a covered nation (as defined in section 23
	278	+	4872(d) of title 10, United States Code); and 24
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	282	+	(B) any other country determined by the 1
	283	+	task force to be a geostrategic competitor or ad-2
	284	+	versary of the United States with respect to crit-3
	285	+	ical minerals. 4
	286	+	(3) C
	287	+	RITICAL MINERAL.—The term ‘‘critical 5
	288	+	mineral’’ has the meaning given the term in section 6
	289	+	7002(a) of the Energy Act of 2020 (30 U.S.C. 7
	290	+	1606(a)). 8
	291	+	(4) D
	292	+	IRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means the 9
	293	+	Director of the Office of Management and Budget. 10
	294	+	(5) T
	295	+	ASK FORCE.—The term ‘‘task force’’ means 11
	296	+	the task force established under section 4(b). 12
	297	+	SEC. 3. FINDINGS. 13
	298	+	Congress finds that— 14
	299	+	(1) current supply chains of critical minerals 15
	300	+	pose a great risk to the homeland and national secu-16
	301	+	rity of the United States; 17
	302	+	(2) critical minerals contribute to transpor-18
	303	+	tation, technology, renewable energy, military equip-19
	304	+	ment and machinery, and other relevant entities cru-20
	305	+	cial for the homeland and national security of the 21
	306	+	United States; 22
	307	+	(3) in 2022, the United States was 100 percent 23
	308	+	import reliant for 12 out of 50 critical minerals and 24
	309	+	more than 50 percent import reliant for an addi-25
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	313	+	tional 31 critical mineral commodities classified as 1
	314	+	‘‘critical’’ by the United States Geological Survey, 2
	315	+	and the People’s Republic of China was the top pro-3
	316	+	ducing nation for 30 of those 50 critical minerals; 4
	317	+	(4) companies based in the People’s Republic of 5
	318	+	China that extract rare earth minerals around the 6
	319	+	world have received hundreds of charges of human 7
	320	+	rights violations; and 8
	321	+	(5) on March 26, 2014, the World Trade Organi-9
	322	+	zation ruled that the export restraints by the People’s 10
	323	+	Republic of China on rare earth metals violated obli-11
	324	+	gations under the protocol of accession to the World 12
	325	+	Trade Organization, which harmed manufacturers 13
	326	+	and workers in the United States. 14
	327	+	SEC. 4. INTERGOVERNMENTAL CRITICAL MINERALS TASK 15
	328	+	FORCE. 16
	329	+	(a) P
	330	+	URPOSES.—The purposes of the task force are— 17
	331	+	(1) to assess the reliance of the United States on 18
	332	+	the People’s Republic of China, and other covered 19
	333	+	countries, for critical minerals, and the resulting 20
	334	+	homeland and national security risks associated with 21
	335	+	that reliance, at each level of the Federal, State, local, 22
	336	+	Tribal, and territorial governments; 23
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	340	+	(2) to make recommendations to onshore and im-1
	341	+	prove the domestic supply chain for critical minerals; 2
	342	+	and 3
	343	+	(3) to reduce the reliance of the United States, 4
	344	+	and partners and allies of the United States, on crit-5
	345	+	ical mineral supply chains involving covered coun-6
	346	+	tries. 7
	347	+	(b) E
	348	+	STABLISHMENT.—Not later than 90 days after 8
	349	+	the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall establish 9
	350	+	a task force to facilitate cooperation, coordination, and mu-10
	351	+	tual accountability among each level of the Federal Govern-11
	352	+	ment and State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments 12
	353	+	on a holistic response to the dependence on covered countries 13
	354	+	for critical minerals across the United States. 14
	355	+	(c) C
	356	+	OMPOSITION; MEETINGS.— 15
	357	+	(1) A
	358	+	PPOINTMENT.—The Director, in consulta-16
	359	+	tion with key intergovernmental, private, and public 17
	360	+	sector stakeholders, shall appoint to the task force rep-18
	361	+	resentatives with expertise in critical mineral supply 19
	362	+	chains from Federal agencies, State, local, Tribal, and 20
	363	+	territorial governments, including not less than 1 rep-21
	364	+	resentative from each of— 22
	365	+	(A) the Bureau of Indian Affairs; 23
	366	+	(B) the Bureau of Land Management; 24
	367	+	(C) the Department of Agriculture; 25
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	371	+	(D) the Department of Commerce; 1
	372	+	(E) the Department of Defense; 2
	373	+	(F) the Department of Energy; 3
	374	+	(G) the Department of Homeland Security; 4
	375	+	(H) the Department of Housing and Urban 5
	376	+	Development; 6
	377	+	(I) the Department of the Interior; 7
	378	+	(J) the Department of Labor; 8
	379	+	(K) the Department of State; 9
	380	+	(L) the Department of Transportation; 10
	381	+	(M) the Environmental Protection Agency; 11
	382	+	(N) the General Services Administration; 12
	383	+	(O) the National Science Foundation; 13
	384	+	(P) the United States International Devel-14
	385	+	opment Finance Corporation; 15
	386	+	(Q) the United States Geological Survey; 16
	387	+	and 17
	388	+	(R) any other relevant Federal entity, as 18
	389	+	determined by the Director. 19
	390	+	(2) C
	391	+	ONSULTATION.—The task force shall consult 20
	392	+	individuals with expertise in critical mineral supply 21
	393	+	chains, individuals from States whose communities, 22
	394	+	businesses, and industries are involved in aspects of 23
	395	+	the critical mineral supply chain, including mining 24
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	399	+	and processing operations, and individuals from a di-1
	400	+	verse and balanced cross-section of— 2
	401	+	(A) intergovernmental consultees, includ-3
	402	+	ing— 4
	403	+	(i) State governments; 5
	404	+	(ii) local governments; 6
	405	+	(iii) Tribal governments; and 7
	406	+	(iv) territorial governments; and 8
	407	+	(B) other stakeholders, including— 9
	408	+	(i) academic research institutions; 10
	409	+	(ii) corporations; 11
	410	+	(iii) nonprofit organizations; 12
	411	+	(iv) private sector stakeholders; 13
	412	+	(v) trade associations; 14
	413	+	(vi) mining industry stakeholders; and 15
	414	+	(vii) labor representatives. 16
	415	+	(3) C
	416	+	HAIR.—The Director may serve as chair of 17
	417	+	the task force, or designate a representative of the task 18
	418	+	force to serve as chair. 19
	419	+	(4) M
	420	+	EETINGS.— 20
49	421		(A) I
50		-	NGENERAL.—Section 5 of the National Mate-13
51		-	rials and Minerals Policy, Research and Development Act 14
52		-	of 1980 (30 U.S.C. 1604) is amended by adding at the 15
53		-	end the following: 16
54		-	‘‘(g) I
55		-	NTERGOVERNMENTAL CRITICALMINERALS 17
56		-	T
57		-	ASKFORCE.— 18
58		-	‘‘(1) P
59		-	URPOSES.—The purposes of the task 19
60		-	force established under paragraph (3)(B) are— 20
61		-	‘‘(A) to assess the reliance of the United 21
62		-	States on the People’s Republic of China, and 22
63		-	other covered countries, for critical minerals, 23
64		-	and the resulting national security risks associ-24
65		-	ated with that reliance; 25 4
66		-	†S 1871 ES
67		-	‘‘(B) to make recommendations to the 1
68		-	President for the implementation of this Act 2
69		-	with regard to critical minerals, including— 3
70		-	‘‘(i) the congressional declarations of 4
71		-	policies in section 3; and 5
72		-	‘‘(ii) revisions to the program plan of 6
73		-	the President and the initiatives required 7
74		-	under this section; 8
75		-	‘‘(C) to make recommendations to secure 9
76		-	United States supply chains for critical min-10
77		-	erals; 11
78		-	‘‘(D) to make recommendations to reduce 12
79		-	the reliance of the United States, and partners 13
80		-	and allies of the United States, on critical min-14
81		-	eral supply chains involving covered countries; 15
82		-	and 16
83		-	‘‘(E) consistent with ongoing efforts of 17
84		-	other Federal departments, agencies, and other 18
85		-	entities, to facilitate cooperation, coordination, 19
86		-	and mutual accountability among each level of 20
87		-	the Federal Government, Indian Tribes, and 21
88		-	State, local, and territorial governments, on a 22
89		-	holistic response to the dependence on covered 23
90		-	countries for critical minerals across the United 24
91		-	States. 25 5
92		-	†S 1871 ES
93		-	‘‘(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 1
94		-	‘‘(A) A
95		-	PPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON -2
96		-	GRESS.—The term ‘appropriate committees of 3
97		-	Congress’ means— 4
98		-	‘‘(i) the Committees on Homeland Se-5
99		-	curity and Governmental Affairs, Energy 6
100		-	and Natural Resources, Armed Services, 7
101		-	Environment and Public Works, Com-8
102		-	merce, Science, and Transportation, Fi-9
103		-	nance, and Foreign Relations of the Sen-10
104		-	ate; and 11
105		-	‘‘(ii) the Committees on Oversight and 12
106		-	Accountability, Natural Resources, Armed 13
107		-	Services, Ways and Means, Foreign Af-14
108		-	fairs, and Energy and Commerce of the 15
109		-	House of Representatives. 16
110		-	‘‘(B) C
111		-	HAIRPERSON; CO-CHAIRPERSON.— 17
112		-	The terms ‘Chairperson’ and ‘Co-Chairperson’, 18
113		-	respectively, mean the Chairperson or Co-Chair-19
114		-	person of the task force designated by the 20
115		-	President pursuant to paragraph (3)(A). 21
116		-	‘‘(C) C
117		-	OVERED COUNTRY .—The term ‘cov-22
118		-	ered country’ means— 23 6
119		-	†S 1871 ES
120		-	‘‘(i) a covered nation (as defined in 1
121		-	section 4872(d) of title 10, United States 2
122		-	Code); and 3
123		-	‘‘(ii) any other country determined by 4
124		-	the task force to be a geostrategic compet-5
125		-	itor or adversary of the United States with 6
126		-	respect to critical minerals. 7
127		-	‘‘(D) C
128		-	RITICAL MINERAL.—The term ‘crit-8
129		-	ical mineral’ has the meaning given the term in 9
130		-	section 7002(a) of the Energy Act of 2020 (30 10
131		-	U.S.C. 1606(a)). 11
132		-	‘‘(E) I
133		-	NDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian 12
134		-	Tribe’ has the meaning given the term in sec-13
135		-	tion 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and 14
136		-	Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 15
137		-	‘‘(F) T
138		-	ASK FORCE.—The term ‘task force’ 16
139		-	means the task force established under para-17
140		-	graph (3)(B). 18
141		-	‘‘(3) E
142		-	STABLISHMENT.—Not later than 90 days 19
143		-	after the date of enactment of this subsection, the 20
144		-	President shall— 21
145		-	‘‘(A) designate a Chairperson, or 2 individ-22
146		-	uals as Co-Chairpersons, for the task force, who 23
147		-	shall be— 24 7
148		-	†S 1871 ES
149		-	‘‘(i) the Assistant to the President for 1
150		-	National Security Affairs; 2
151		-	‘‘(ii) the Assistant to the President for 3
152		-	Economic Policy; or 4
153		-	‘‘(iii) another relevant member of the 5
154		-	Executive Office of the President; and 6
155		-	‘‘(B) acting through the Executive Office 7
156		-	of the President, establish a task force. 8
157		-	‘‘(4) C
158		-	OMPOSITION; MEETINGS.— 9
159		-	‘‘(A) A
160		-	PPOINTMENT.—The Chairperson or 10
161		-	Co-Chairpersons, in consultation with key inter-11
162		-	governmental, private, and public sector stake-12
163		-	holders, shall appoint to the task force rep-13
164		-	resentatives with expertise in critical mineral 14
165		-	supply chains from Federal agencies, including 15
166		-	not less than 1 representative from each of— 16
167		-	‘‘(i) the Bureau of Indian Affairs; 17
168		-	‘‘(ii) the Bureau of Land Manage-18
169		-	ment; 19
170		-	‘‘(iii) the Critical Minerals Sub-20
171		-	committee of the National Science and 21
172		-	Technology Council; 22
173		-	‘‘(iv) the Department of Agriculture; 23
174		-	‘‘(v) the Department of Commerce; 24
175		-	‘‘(vi) the Department of Defense; 25 8
176		-	†S 1871 ES
177		-	‘‘(vii) the Department of Energy; 1
178		-	‘‘(viii) the Department of Homeland 2
179		-	Security; 3
180		-	‘‘(ix) the Department of the Interior; 4
181		-	‘‘(x) the Department of Labor; 5
182		-	‘‘(xi) the Department of State; 6
183		-	‘‘(xii) the Department of Transpor-7
184		-	tation; 8
185		-	‘‘(xiii) the Environmental Protection 9
186		-	Agency; 10
187		-	‘‘(xiv) the Export-Import Bank of the 11
188		-	United States; 12
189		-	‘‘(xv) the Forest Service; 13
190		-	‘‘(xvi) the General Services Adminis-14
191		-	tration; 15
192		-	‘‘(xvii) the National Economic Coun-16
193		-	cil; 17
194		-	‘‘(xviii) the National Science Founda-18
195		-	tion; 19
196		-	‘‘(xix) the National Security Council; 20
197		-	‘‘(xx) the Office of Management and 21
198		-	Budget; 22
199		-	‘‘(xxi) the Office of the United States 23
200		-	Trade Representative; 24 9
201		-	†S 1871 ES
202		-	‘‘(xxii) the United States Inter-1
203		-	national Development Finance Corpora-2
204		-	tion; 3
205		-	‘‘(xxiii) the United States Geological 4
206		-	Survey; and 5
207		-	‘‘(xxiv) any other relevant Federal en-6
208		-	tity, as determined by the Chairperson or 7
209		-	Co-Chairpersons. 8
210		-	‘‘(B) C
211		-	ONSULTATION.—The task force 9
212		-	shall consult individuals with expertise in crit-10
213		-	ical mineral supply chains, individuals from 11
214		-	States whose communities, businesses, and in-12
215		-	dustries are involved in aspects of critical min-13
216		-	eral supply chains, including mining and proc-14
217		-	essing operations, and individuals from a di-15
218		-	verse and balanced cross-section of— 16
219		-	‘‘(i) intergovernmental consultees, in-17
220		-	cluding— 18
221		-	‘‘(I) State governments; 19
222		-	‘‘(II) local governments; 20
223		-	‘‘(III) territorial governments; 21
224		-	and 22
225		-	‘‘(IV) Indian Tribes; and 23
226		-	‘‘(ii) other stakeholders, including— 24 10
227		-	†S 1871 ES
228		-	‘‘(I) academic research institu-1
229		-	tions; 2
230		-	‘‘(II) corporations; 3
231		-	‘‘(III) nonprofit organizations; 4
232		-	‘‘(IV) private sector stakeholders; 5
233		-	‘‘(V) trade associations; 6
234		-	‘‘(VI) mining industry stake-7
235		-	holders; and 8
236		-	‘‘(VII) labor representatives. 9
237		-	‘‘(C) M
238		-	EETINGS.— 10
239		-	‘‘(i) I
240		-	NITIAL MEETING.—Not later 11
241		-	than 90 days after the date on which all 12
242		-	representatives of the task force have been 13
243		-	appointed, the task force shall hold the 14
244		-	first meeting of the task force. 15
245		-	‘‘(ii) F
246		-	REQUENCY.—The task force 16
247		-	shall meet not less than once every 90 17
248		-	days. 18
249		-	‘‘(5) D
250		-	UTIES.— 19
251		-	‘‘(A) I
252		-	N GENERAL.—The duties of the task 20
253		-	force shall include— 21
254		-	‘‘(i) facilitating cooperation, coordina-22
255		-	tion, and mutual accountability for the 23
256		-	Federal Government, Indian Tribes, and 24
257		-	State, local, and territorial governments to 25 11
258		-	†S 1871 ES
259		-	enhance data sharing and transparency to 1
260		-	build more robust and secure domestic 2
261		-	supply chains for critical minerals in sup-3
262		-	port of the purposes described in para-4
263		-	graph (1); 5
264		-	‘‘(ii) providing recommendations with 6
265		-	respect to— 7
266		-	‘‘(I) increasing capacities for 8
267		-	mining, processing, refinement, reuse, 9
268		-	and recycling of critical minerals in 10
269		-	the United States to facilitate the en-11
270		-	vironmentally responsible production 12
271		-	of domestic resources to meet national 13
272		-	critical mineral needs, in consultation 14
273		-	with Tribal and local communities; 15
274		-	‘‘(II) identifying how statutes, 16
275		-	regulations, and policies related to the 17
276		-	critical mineral supply chain, such as 18
277		-	stockpiling and development finance, 19
278		-	could be modified to accelerate envi-20
279		-	ronmentally responsible domestic and 21
280		-	international production of critical 22
281		-	minerals, in consultation with Indian 23
282		-	Tribes and local communities; 24 12
283		-	†S 1871 ES
284		-	‘‘(III) strengthening the domestic 1
285		-	workforce to support growing critical 2
286		-	mineral supply chains with good-pay-3
287		-	ing, safe jobs in the United States; 4
288		-	‘‘(IV) identifying alternative do-5
289		-	mestic sources to critical minerals 6
290		-	that the United States currently relies 7
291		-	on the People’s Republic of China or 8
292		-	other covered countries for mining, 9
293		-	processing, refining, and recycling, in-10
294		-	cluding the availability, capacity, cost, 11
295		-	and quality of those domestic alter-12
296		-	natives; 13
297		-	‘‘(V) identifying critical minerals 14
298		-	and critical mineral supply chains that 15
299		-	the United States can onshore, in 16
300		-	whole or in part, at a competitive 17
301		-	value and quality, for those minerals 18
302		-	and supply chains that the United 19
303		-	States relies on the People’s Republic 20
304		-	of China or other covered countries to 21
305		-	provide; 22
306		-	‘‘(VI) opportunities for the Fed-23
307		-	eral Government, Indian Tribes, and 24
308		-	State, local, and territorial govern-25 13
309		-	†S 1871 ES
310		-	ments to mitigate risks to the national 1
311		-	security of the United States with re-2
312		-	spect to supply chains for critical min-3
313		-	erals that the United States currently 4
314		-	relies on the People’s Republic of 5
315		-	China or other covered countries for 6
316		-	mining, processing, refining, and recy-7
317		-	cling; and 8
318		-	‘‘(VII) evaluating and integrating 9
319		-	the recommendations of the Critical 10
320		-	Minerals Subcommittee of the Na-11
321		-	tional Science and Technology Council 12
322		-	into the recommendations of the task 13
323		-	force; 14
324		-	‘‘(iii) prioritizing the recommendations 15
325		-	in clause (ii), taking into consideration eco-16
326		-	nomic costs and focusing on the critical 17
327		-	mineral supply chains with vulnerabilities 18
328		-	posing the most significant risks to the na-19
329		-	tional security of the United States; 20
330		-	‘‘(iv) recommending specific strate-21
331		-	gies, to be carried out in coordination with 22
332		-	the Secretary of State and the Secretary of 23
333		-	Commerce, to strengthen international 24
334		-	partnerships in furtherance of critical min-25 14
335		-	†S 1871 ES
336		-	erals supply chain security with inter-1
337		-	national allies and partners, including a 2
338		-	strategy to collaborate with governments of 3
339		-	the allies and partners described in sub-4
340		-	paragraph (B) to develop advanced mining, 5
341		-	refining, separation and processing tech-6
342		-	nologies; and 7
343		-	‘‘(v) other duties, as determined by 8
344		-	the Chairperson or Co-Chairpersons. 9
345		-	‘‘(B) A
346		-	LLIES AND PARTNERS .—The allies 10
347		-	and partners referred to in subparagraph (A) 11
348		-	include— 12
349		-	‘‘(i) countries participating in the 13
350		-	Quadrilateral Security Dialogue; 14
351		-	‘‘(ii) countries that are— 15
352		-	‘‘(I) signatories to the Abraham 16
353		-	Accords; or 17
354		-	‘‘(II) participants in the Negev 18
355		-	Forum; and 19
356		-	‘‘(iii) countries that are members of 20
357		-	the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. 21
358		-	‘‘(C) R
359		-	EPORT.—The Chairperson or Co- 22
360		-	Chairpersons shall— 23
361		-	‘‘(i) not later than 60 days after the 24
362		-	date of enactment of this subsection, and 25 15
363		-	†S 1871 ES
364		-	every 60 days thereafter until the require-1
365		-	ments under subsection (a) are satisfied, 2
366		-	brief the appropriate committees of Con-3
367		-	gress on the status of the compliance of 4
368		-	the President with completing the require-5
369		-	ments under that subsection; 6
370		-	‘‘(ii) not later than 2 years after the 7
371		-	date of enactment of this subsection, sub-8
372		-	mit to the appropriate committees of Con-9
373		-	gress a report, which shall be submitted in 10
374		-	unclassified form, but may include a classi-11
375		-	fied annex, that describes any findings, 12
376		-	guidelines, and recommendations created 13
377		-	in performing the duties under subpara-14
378		-	graph (A); 15
379		-	‘‘(iii) not later than 120 days after 16
380		-	the date on which the Chairperson or Co- 17
381		-	Chairpersons submits the report under 18
382		-	clause (ii), publish that report in the Fed-19
383		-	eral Register, except that the Chairperson 20
384		-	or Co-Chairpersons shall redact informa-21
385		-	tion from the report that the Chairperson 22
386		-	or Co-Chairpersons determines could pose 23
387		-	a risk to the national security of the 24 16
388		-	†S 1871 ES
389		-	United States by being publicly available; 1
390		-	and 2
391		-	‘‘(iv) brief the appropriate committees 3
392		-	of Congress twice per year. 4
393		-	‘‘(6) D
394		-	UPLICATION OF EFFORT .—The Chair-5
395		-	person or Co-Chairpersons, to the maximum extent 6
396		-	practicable, shall carry out the task force in a man-7
397		-	ner that does not duplicate the efforts of other Fed-8
398		-	eral departments, agencies, or other entities. 9
399		-	‘‘(7) S
400		-	UNSET.—The task force shall terminate 10
401		-	on the date that is 90 days after the date on which 11
402		-	the task force completes the requirements under 12
403		-	paragraph (5)(C). 13
404		-	‘‘(8) N
405		-	O ADDITIONAL FUNDS .—No additional 14
406		-	funds are authorized to be appropriated for the pur-15
407		-	pose of carrying out this subsection.’’. 16
408		-	(b) GAO S
	422	+	NITIAL MEETING.—Not later than 90 21
	423	+	days after the date on which all representatives 22
	424	+	of the task force have been appointed, the task 23
	425	+	force shall hold the first meeting of the task force. 24
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	429	+	(B) FREQUENCY.—The task force shall meet 1
	430	+	not less than once every 90 days. 2
	431	+	(d) D
	432	+	UTIES.— 3
	433	+	(1) I
	434	+	N GENERAL.—The duties of the task force 4
	435	+	shall include— 5
	436	+	(A) facilitating cooperation, coordination, 6
	437	+	and mutual accountability for the Federal Gov-7
	438	+	ernment and State, local, Tribal, and territorial 8
	439	+	governments to enhance data sharing and trans-9
	440	+	parency in the supply chains for critical min-10
	441	+	erals in support of the purposes described in sub-11
	442	+	section (a); 12
	443	+	(B) providing recommendations with re-13
	444	+	spect to— 14
	445	+	(i) research and development into 15
	446	+	emerging technologies used to expand exist-16
	447	+	ing critical mineral supply chains in the 17
	448	+	United States and to establish secure and 18
	449	+	reliable critical mineral supply chains to 19
	450	+	the United States; 20
	451	+	(ii) increasing capacities for mining, 21
	452	+	processing, refinement, reuse, and recycling 22
	453	+	of critical minerals in the United States to 23
	454	+	facilitate the environmentally responsible 24
	455	+	production of domestic resources to meet na-25
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	459	+	tional critical mineral needs, in consulta-1
	460	+	tion with Tribal and local communities; 2
	461	+	(iii) identifying how statutes, regula-3
	462	+	tions, and policies related to the critical 4
	463	+	mineral supply chain could be modified to 5
	464	+	accelerate environmentally responsible do-6
	465	+	mestic production of critical minerals, in 7
	466	+	consultation with Tribal and local commu-8
	467	+	nities; 9
	468	+	(iv) strengthening the domestic work-10
	469	+	force to support growing critical mineral 11
	470	+	supply chains with good-paying, safe jobs 12
	471	+	in the United States; 13
	472	+	(v) identifying alternative domestic 14
	473	+	sources to critical minerals that the United 15
	474	+	States currently relies on the People’s Re-16
	475	+	public of China or other covered countries 17
	476	+	for mining, processing, refining, and recy-18
	477	+	cling, including the availability, cost, and 19
	478	+	quality of those domestic alternatives; 20
	479	+	(vi) identifying critical minerals and 21
	480	+	critical mineral supply chains that the 22
	481	+	United States can onshore, at a competitive 23
	482	+	availability, cost, and quality, for those 24
	483	+	minerals and supply chains that the United 25
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	487	+	States relies on the People’s Republic of 1
	488	+	China or other covered countries to provide; 2
	489	+	and 3
	490	+	(vii) opportunities for the Federal Gov-4
	491	+	ernment and State, local, Tribal, and terri-5
	492	+	torial governments to mitigate risks to the 6
	493	+	homeland and national security of the 7
	494	+	United States with respect to supply chains 8
	495	+	for critical minerals that the United States 9
	496	+	currently relies on the People’s Republic of 10
	497	+	China or other covered countries for min-11
	498	+	ing, processing, refining, and recycling; 12
	499	+	(C) prioritizing the recommendations in 13
	500	+	subparagraph (B), taking into consideration eco-14
	501	+	nomic costs and focusing on the critical mineral 15
	502	+	supply chains with vulnerabilities posing the 16
	503	+	most significant risks to the homeland and na-17
	504	+	tional security of the United States; 18
	505	+	(D) establishing specific strategies, to be 19
	506	+	carried out in coordination with the Secretary of 20
	507	+	State, to strengthen international partnerships 21
	508	+	in furtherance of critical minerals supply chain 22
	509	+	security with international allies and partners, 23
	510	+	including— 24
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	514	+	(i) countries with which the United 1
	515	+	States has a free trade agreement; 2
	516	+	(ii) countries participating in the 3
	517	+	Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Pros-4
	518	+	perity; 5
	519	+	(iii) countries participating in the 6
	520	+	Quadrilateral Security Dialogue; 7
	521	+	(iv) countries that are signatories to 8
	522	+	the Abraham Accords; 9
	523	+	(v) countries designated as eligible sub- 10
	524	+	Saharan Africa countries under section 104 11
	525	+	of the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act 12
	526	+	(19 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.); and 13
	527	+	(vi) other countries or multilateral 14
	528	+	partnerships the Task Force determines to 15
	529	+	be appropriate; and 16
	530	+	(E) other duties, as determined by the Di-17
	531	+	rector. 18
	532	+	(2) R
	533	+	EPORT.—The Director shall— 19
	534	+	(A) not later than 2 years after the date of 20
	535	+	enactment of this Act, submit to the appropriate 21
	536	+	committees of Congress a report, which shall be 22
	537	+	submitted in unclassified form, but may include 23
	538	+	a classified annex, that describes any findings, 24
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	542	+	guidelines, and recommendations created in per-1
	543	+	forming the duties under paragraph (1); 2
	544	+	(B) not later than 120 days after the date 3
	545	+	on which the Director submits the report under 4
	546	+	subparagraph (A), publish that report in the 5
	547	+	Federal Register and on the website of the Office 6
	548	+	of Management and Budget, except that the Di-7
	549	+	rector shall redact information from the report 8
	550	+	that the Director determines could pose a risk to 9
	551	+	the homeland and national security of the 10
	552	+	United States by being publicly available; and 11
	553	+	(C) brief the appropriate committees of 12
	554	+	Congress twice per year. 13
	555	+	(e) S
	556	+	UNSET.—The task force shall terminate on the 14
	557	+	date that is 90 days after the date on which the task force 15
	558	+	completes the requirements under subsection (d)(2). 16
	559	+	(f) GAO S
409	560		TUDY.— 17
410		-	(1) S
411		-	~~TUDY REQUIRED~~.—The Comptroller ~~Gen-~~18
412		-	~~eral of~~ the United States shall conduct a study ~~ex-~~19
413		-	~~amining~~ the Federal and State regulatory landscape 20
414		-	~~related to~~ improving domestic supply chains for ~~crit~~-21
415		-	~~ical minerals~~ in the United States. 22
	561	+	(1) I
	562	+	N GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of 18
	563	+	the United States shall conduct a study examining 19
	564	+	the Federal and State regulatory landscape related to 20
	565	+	improving domestic supply chains for critical min-21
	566	+	erals in the United States. 22
416	567		(2) R
417		-	EPORT.—Not later than 18 months after 23
418		-	the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 24
419		-	General of the United States shall submit to the ap-25 17
420		-	†S 1871 ES
421		-	propriate committees of Congress a report that de-1
422		-	scribes the results of the study under paragraph (1). 2
423		-	(3) D
424		-	EFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 3
425		-	(A) A
426		-	PPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON -4
427		-	GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of 5
428		-	Congress’’ means— 6
429		-	(i) the Committees on Homeland Se-7
430		-	curity and Governmental Affairs, Energy 8
431		-	and Natural Resources, Armed Services, 9
432		-	Environment and Public Works, Com-10
433		-	merce, Science, and Transportation, Fi-11
434		-	nance, and Foreign Relations of the Sen-12
435		-	ate; and 13
436		-	(ii) the Committees on Oversight and 14
437		-	Accountability, Natural Resources, Armed 15
438		-	Services, Ways and Means, Foreign Af-16
439		-	fairs, and Energy and Commerce of the 17
440		-	House of Representatives. 18
441		-	(B) C
442		-	RITICAL MINERAL.—The term ‘‘crit-19
443		-	ical mineral’’ has the meaning given the term in 20 18
444		-	†S 1871 ES
445		-	section 7002(a) of the Energy Act of 2020 (30 1
446		-	U.S.C. 1606(a)). 2
447		-	Passed the Senate September 18, 2024.
448		-	Attest:
449		-	Secretary. 118
	568	+	EPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the 23
	569	+	date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 24
	570	+	of the United States shall submit to the appropriate 25
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	573	+	•S 1871 RS
	574	+	committees of Congress a report that describes the re-1
	575	+	sults of the study under paragraph (1). 2
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	578	+	196
	579	+	118
450	580		TH
451	581		CONGRESS
452		-	2
453		-	D
	582	+	1
	583	+	ST
454	584		S
455	585		ESSION
456	586
457	587		S. 1871
458		-	AN ACT
	588	+	[Report No. 118–93]
	589	+	A BILL
459	590		To create intergovernmental coordination between
460	591		State, local, Tribal, and territorial jurisdictions,
461	592		and the Federal Government to combat United
462	593		States reliance on the People’s Republic of China
463	594		and other covered countries for critical minerals
464	595		and rare earth metals, and for other purposes.
	596	+	S
	597	+	EPTEMBER
	598	+	5, 2023
	599	+	Reported with an amendment
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