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House Bill 1068
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Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act
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H. R. 1068 (Reported-in-House)

Union Calendar No. 14

118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1068

[Report No. 118–22]


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.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 17, 2023

Mr. Bucshon (for himself and Mr. Weber of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

March 23, 2023

Additional sponsors: Mr. Obernolte, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, Mr. Griffith, Mr. Duncan, Mrs. Lesko, Mr. Walberg, and Mr. Curtis

March 23, 2023

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 February 17, 2023]

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; and

(D) how the energy security of the United States is affected by the reliance of the United States on importation of critical energy resources;

(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).

Union Calendar No. 14

118th CONGRESS
     1st Session
H. R. 1068
[Report No. 118–22]
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.
March 23, 2023
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed