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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 755 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Energy Act of 2020 to include critical materials in the |
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| 6 | 6 | | definition of critical mineral, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY28, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. C |
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| 10 | 10 | | ISCOMANI(for himself, Mr. HAMADEHof Arizona, Mr. CRANE, Mr. |
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| 11 | 11 | | N |
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| 12 | 12 | | EWHOUSE, Mr. SWALWELL, Ms. LEEof Nevada, Mr. STANTON, Ms. |
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| 13 | 13 | | M |
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| 14 | 14 | | ALOY, Mr. HORSFORD, Ms. PETTERSEN, and Mr. BIGGSof Arizona) in- |
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| 15 | 15 | | troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Nat- |
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| 16 | 16 | | ural Resources |
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| 17 | 17 | | A BILL |
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| 18 | 18 | | To amend the Energy Act of 2020 to include critical mate- |
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| 19 | 19 | | rials in the definition of critical mineral, and for other |
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| 20 | 20 | | purposes. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 22 | 22 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 24 | 24 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Critical Mineral Con-4 |
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| 25 | 25 | | sistency Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •HR 755 IH |
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| 29 | 29 | | SEC. 2. CRITICAL MATERIALS INCLUDED AS CRITICAL MIN-1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | ERALS. 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Section 7002 of the Energy Act of 2020 (30 U.S.C. 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | 1606) is amended— 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (1) in subsection (a)(3)(A), to read as follows: 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 35 | 35 | | N GENERAL.—The term ‘critical 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | mineral’ means— 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ‘‘(i) any mineral, element, substance, 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | or material designated as critical by the 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | Secretary under subsection (c); or 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ‘‘(ii) a critical material as determined 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | by the Secretary of Energy under para-12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | graph (2)(A).’’; and 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (2) in subsection (c)(5), by adding at the end 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | the following: 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | ‘‘(C) I |
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| 46 | 46 | | NCLUSION OF CRITICAL MATE -16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | RIALS.—Not later than 45 days after the date 17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | on which the Secretary of Energy determines a 18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | non-fuel mineral, element, substance, or mate-19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | rial to be a critical material under subsection 20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (a)(2)(A), the Secretary shall update the list of 21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | critical minerals published under paragraph (3) 22 |
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| 53 | 53 | | to include such critical material.’’. 23 |
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