,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #iha  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,march #f1 #bjac ,mr4
 ,johnson of ,georgia 7for himself and  
,mr4 ,markey7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,natural ,resources  ,a   
,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of the
 ,interior to conduct a global rare     
earth element assessment1 and for other 
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,resource           
,assessment of ,rare ,earths ,act of    
#bjac or the ,,rare ,act of #bjac4  #b4 
,global rare earth element resource     
assessment  7a7 ,in ,general ,not later 
than #c years after the date of         
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of the ,interior1 acting through the    
,director of the ,united ,states        
,geological ,survey and in coordination 
with the heads of national geological   
surveys where available1 shall submit to
 the ,committee on ,natural ,resources  
of the ,house of ,representatives and   

the ,committee on ,energy and ,natural  
,resources of the ,senate a             
comprehensive report on global rare     
earth element resources and potential   
future global supply4 ,such report shall
 use the best available data and        
include--  7#a7 the identity and        
quantity of individual rare earth       
elements in known deposits2  7#b7 models
 demonstrating the geologic conditions  
necessary for the formation1 and the    
variability in composition1 of the most 
significant deposits of rare earth      
elements2  7#c7 regional assessments of 
the likelihood of occurrence of         
undiscovered deposits and an estimate of
 the quantity of rare earth elements    
thought to be present2  7#d7            
recommendations1 developed in           
consultation with other appropriate     
agencies1 on areas of need for future   
geologic research related to--  7,a7    
rare earth elements2 and  7,b7 other    
minerals that are critical based on the 
impact of a potential supply restriction

 and the likelihood of a supply         
restriction2 and  7#e7 analysis1        
developed with participation by the     
,national ,minerals ,information ,center
 and in consultation with appropriate   
agencies1 of the rare earth elements    
supply chain and associated processes   
and products1 including mining1         
processing1 separation1 metal           
production1 alloy production1 and       
manufacturing of products sold to end   
users4  7b7 ,rare earth element ,in this
 section the term rare earth element    
means--  7#a7 any element in the        
lanthanides group of elements1 which    
consists of lanthanum1 cerium1          
praseodymium1 neodymium1 promethium1    
samarium1 europium1 gadolinium1 terbium1
 dysprosium1 holmium1 erbium1 thulium1  
ytterbium1 and lutetium2  7#b7 yttrium2 
and  7#c7 scandium4  7c7 ,authorization 
of ,appropriations ,there is authorized 
to be appropriated to the ,secretary of 
the ,interior to carry out this section 
#aj1jjj1jjj for the period of fiscal    

years #bjad through #bjaf4