,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ijef  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #bh1       
#bjbj,mr4 ,upton introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,department of 
,energy ,organization ,act to secure the
 supply of critical energy resources1   
including critical minerals and other   
materials1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,securing ,america's ,critical      
,minerals ,supply ,act4  #b4 ,amendment 
to the ,department of ,energy           
,organization ,act ,the ,department of  
,energy ,organization ,act 7#db         
,u4,s4,c4 #gaja et seq47 is amended--   
7#a7 in section #b1 by adding at the end
 the following3  7d7 ,as used in        
sections #ajb7bj7 and #bjc7;a77#ab71 the
 term critical energy resource means any
 energy resource that-- 7#a7 is         
essential to the energy sector and      
energy systems of the ,united ,states2  

and  7#b7 the supply chain of which is  
vulnerable to disruption4  2  7#b7 in   
section #ajb1 by adding at the end the  
following3  7#bj7 ,to ensure there is an
 adequate and reliable supply of        
critical energy resources that are      
essential to the energy security of the 
,united ,states4  2 and  7#c7 in section
 #bjc7;a71 by adding at the end the     
following3  7#ab7 ,functions that relate
 to securing the supply of critical     
energy resources1 including identifying 
and mitigating the effects of a         
disruption of such supply on-- 7,a7 the 
development and use of energy           
technologies2 and  7,b7 the operation of
 energy systems4  4  #c4 ,securing      
critical energy resource supply chains  
7a7 ,in general ,in carrying out the    
requirements of the ,department of      
,energy ,organization ,act 7#db         
,u4,s4,c4 #gaja et seq471 the ,secretary
 of ,energy1 in consultation with the   
appropriate ,federal agencies1          
representatives of the energy sector1   

,states1 and other stakeholders1 shall--
 7#a7 conduct ongoing assessments of--  
7,a7 energy resource criticality based  
on the importance of critical energy    
resources to the development of energy  
technologies and the supply of energy2  
7,b7 the critical energy resource supply
 chain of the ,united ,states2 and  7,c7
 the vulnerability of such supply chain2
  7#b7 strengthen critical energy       
resource supply chains in the ,united   
,states1 including by-- 7,a7            
diversifying the sources of the supply  
of critical energy resources2 and  7,b7 
increasing domestic production1         
separation1 and processing of critical  
energy resources2  7#c7 develop         
substitutes and alternatives to critical
 energy resources2  7#d7 improve        
technology that reuses and recycles     
critical energy resources2 and  7#e7    
evaluate how the energy security of the 
,united ,states is affected by the      
reliance of the ,united ,states on      
importing critical energy resources4    

7b7 ,critical energy resource defined   
,in this section1 the term critical     
energy resource has the meaning given   
such term in section #b of the          
,department of ,energy ,organization    
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #gaja74