,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cdje  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ba1 #bjai,mr4 
,grijalva 7for himself and ,mr4         
,lowenthal7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,natural ,resources  ,a   
,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of the
 ,interior to revise the ,final ,list of
 ,critical ,minerals1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,removing ,uranium  
from the ,critical ,minerals ,list ,act4
  #b4 ,findings ,congress finds the     
following3  7#a7 ,pursuant to ,executive
 ,order #achag1 the ,department of the  
,interior published a ,final ,list of   
,critical ,minerals #bjah 7#hc ,fed4    
,reg4 #bcbie7 on ,may #ahth1 #bjah1 that
 categorizes uranium as a critical      
mineral4  7#b7 ,a critical mineral1 as  
defined by ,executive ,order #achag1 is 
a mineral-- 7,a7 identified to be a     
nonfuel mineral or mineral material     
essential to the economic and national  

security of the ,united ,states2  7,b7  
from a supply chain that is vulnerable  
to disruption2 and  7,c7 that serves an 
essential function in the manufacturing 
of a product1 the absence of which would
 have substantial consequences for the  
,united ,states economy or national     
security4  7#c7 ,the terms nonfuel      
mineral and mineral material are used   
elsewhere in ,federal law and do not    
include uranium4  7#d7 ,uranium is      
defined as a mineral fuel by the ,mining
 and ,minerals ,policy ,act of #aigj--  
7,a7 consistent with how uranium has    
been uniformly described by the ,united 
,states ,geological ,survey1 the ,bureau
 of ,land ,management1 the ,national    
,science and ,technology ,council       
,subcommittee on ,critical and          
,strategic ,mineral ,supply1 and others2
 and  7,b7 supported by the ,department 
of ,energy's ,energy ,information       
,administration categorizing uranium    
with coal1 natural gas1 and petroleum as
 an energy mineral since #aigg4  7#e7   

,uranium is not a mineral material      
because-- 7,a7 the ,materials ,act of   
#aidg and the ,multiple ,surface ,use   
,act of #aiee define mineral materials  
as common varieties of sand1 stone1     
gravel1 pumice1 pumicite1 cinders1 and  
clay2 and  7,b7 ,federal agencies do not
 treat uranium as a common variety      
mineral but as a mineral locatable under
 the ,general ,mining ,act of #ahgb4    
7#f7 ,the ,united ,states uranium supply
 chain is not vulnerable to disruption1 
nor is it highly concentrated in        
individual markets1 two requirements    
identified in the ,department's         
methodology for being considered a      
critical mineral4  7#g7 ,in #bjag1 the  
,united ,states imported #eb percent of 
its uranium from ,canada and ,australia4
  7#h7 ,the ,department of the ,interior
 did not demonstrate how uranium meets  
the definition of a nonfuel mineral or  
of mineral material1 nor did the        
,department demonstrate that the uranium
 supply chain is vulnerable to          

disruption4  7#i7 ,no other significant 
analysis of critical minerals1 including
 those published by the ,national       
,research ,council1 the ,national       
,science and ,technology ,council1 the  
,department of ,energy1 the ,american   
,physical ,society1 and the ,materials  
,research ,society categorize uranium as
 a critical mineral4  #c4 ,revision of  
final rule regarding critical minerals  
7a7 ,in general ,not later than #fj days
 after the date of enactment of this    
,act1 the ,secretary of the ,interior   
shall revise the ,final ,list of        
,critical ,minerals1 and any related    
regulations1 to remove uranium from such
 list4  7b7 ,restriction ,the ,secretary
 of the ,interior may not add uranium to
 the ,final ,list of ,critical          
,minerals4  7c7 ,final ,list of         
,critical ,minerals ,the term ,final    
,list of ,critical ,minerals means the  
,final ,list of ,critical ,minerals     
issued pursuant to ,executive ,order    
#achag 7#hb ,fed4 ,reg4 #fjhce1 relating

 to a ,federal strategy to ensure secure
 and reliable supplies of critical      
minerals74