Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act
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1Short title
This section would let the Act be cited as the Securing America's Critical Minerals Supply Act.
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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act .
2Amendment to the Department of Energy Organization Act
This section would add a new definition to the Department of Energy Organization Act: a critical energy resource would mean any energy resource that is essential to the energy sector and energy systems of the United States and whose supply chain is vulnerable to disruption. This definition would apply specifically to the two new provisions described next. The section would also add a new purpose for the Department of Energy, to ensure there is an adequate and reliable supply of critical energy resources that are essential to the energy security of the United States. Finally, the section would add a new function under section 203(a) of that Act, relating to securing the supply of critical energy resources, including identifying and mitigating the effects of a disruption of that supply on the development and use of energy technologies and on the operation of energy systems.
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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. .
3Securing critical energy resource supply chains
This section would require the Secretary of Energy, while carrying out the Department of Energy Organization Act, to consult with the appropriate federal agencies, representatives of the energy sector, states, and other stakeholders, and then take four kinds of action. First, the Secretary would have to conduct ongoing assessments of: energy resource criticality, based on how important critical energy resources are to developing energy technologies and supplying energy; the United States' critical energy resource supply chain; that supply chain's vulnerability; how the United States' energy security is affected by its reliance on imported critical energy resources; and how adversarial nations try to exploit critical energy resource markets to undermine investment in the United States, which may include looking at the extent to which those nations use anti-competitive practices, price manipulation, or human rights abuses in producing and exporting critical energy resources. Second, the Secretary would have to facilitate development of strategies to strengthen critical energy resource supply chains in the United States, including by diversifying the sources of supply and increasing domestic production, separation, and processing of critical energy resources. Third, the Secretary would have to develop substitutes and alternatives to critical energy resources. Fourth, the Secretary would have to improve technology that reuses and recycles critical energy resources. For this section, critical energy resource would have the meaning given to that term in section 2 of the Department of Energy Organization Act, as added by section 2 of this Act.
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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; (D) how the energy security of the United States is affected by the reliance of the United States on importation of critical energy resources; and (E) how adversarial nations seek to exploit critical energy resource markets to undermine investment in the United States, which may include the extent to which adversarial nations employ anti-competitive practices, price manipulation, or human rights abuses in critical energy resource production and exportation; (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 ).
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