,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ejba  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bg1 #bjbc,ms4 
,mc,collum introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,natural ,resources  ,a   
,,bill  ,to prohibit the sale or        
transfer of certain critical minerals to
 foreign entities of concern4  #a4      
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,securing ,american ,critical       
,minerals ,act of #bjbc4  #b4           
,prohibition of sale of critical        
minerals to foreign entities of concern 
by persons conducting certain mineral   
activities on ,federal land  7a7 ,in    
general ,no operator may sell or        
transfer any covered mineral to a       
foreign entity of concern4  7b7         
,authority ,to deny authorization       
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 the ,secretary may decline to issue
 or renew any covered authorization to  
any person if-- 7#a7 such person is a   
foreign entity of concern2  7#b7 such   

person has violated subsection 7a72     
7#c7 any report made available to the   
public under subsection 7d7 by such     
person is incomplete or inaccurate2 or  
7#d7 the issuance of such authorization 
would negatively affect the national    
security of the ,united ,states through 
the subsequent sale or transfer of any  
product resulting from the issuance of  
such authorization to a foreign entity  
of concern4  7c7 ,administrative1 civil1
 and criminal penalties ,the ,secretary1
 in consultation with the ,secretary of 
,commerce and such other ,federal       
agencies as the ,secretary determines   
appropriate1 shall establish by         
regulation such administrative1 civil1  
and criminal penalties as the ,secretary
 determines1 after such consultation1   
appropriate for-- 7#a7 a violation of   
subsection 7a72 and  7#b7 a failure to  
submit a complete and accurate report   
under subsection 7d74  7d7 ,reporting   
requirement ,each operator shall make   
available to the public a report1 not   

later than ,june #cj of each calendar   
year that succeeds a calendar year in   
which such person sold or transferred a 
covered mineral1 that with respect to   
the preceding calendar year-- 7#a7      
identifies the covered mineral such     
operator extracted1 produced1 or refined
 on ,federal land and the location of   
each such activity with respect to each 
covered mineral2  7#b7 identifies the   
purchaser or transferee of any covered  
mineral sold or transferred by such     
operator2 and  7#c7 includes a          
certification that the operator has     
determined that such purchaser or       
transferee is not a foreign entity of   
concern4  7e7 ,administrative fee ,the  
,secretary shall include in each covered
 authorization issued after the date of 
the enactment of this section a         
requirement to pay a fee in such amount 
as the ,secretary determines appropriate
 to provide amounts sufficient to       
administer this section with respect to 
each fiscal year4  7f7 ,annual report   

,the ,secretary shall publish and submit
 to ,congress an annual report          
summarizing with respect to each covered
 mineral-- 7#a7 the aggregate contents  
of reports filed under subsection 7d72  
7#b7 the number and types of covered    
authorizations denied under subsection  
7b72 and  7#c7 the number and types of  
penalties imposed under subsection 7c74 
7g7 ,availability of funds ,any fee     
collected under subsection 7e7 shall be 
made available to the ,secretary to     
carry out this section and shall remain 
available until expended4  7h7          
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,covered authorization ,the term covered
 authorization means any permit1 claim1 
lease1 or other authorization issued by 
the ,secretary of the ,interior relating
 to covered mineral activities4  7#b7   
,covered mineral ,the term covered      
mineral means a critical mineral 7as    
such term is defined in section #gjjb of
 the ,energy ,act of #bjbj 7#cj         
,u4,s4,c4 #afjf77 extracted1 produced1  

or refined on ,federal land4  7#c7      
,covered mineral activities ,the term   
covered mineral activities means the    
extraction1 production1 or refinement of
 a covered mineral on ,federal land4    
7#d7 ,foreign entity of concern ,the    
term foreign entity of concern has the  
meaning given such term in section #iija
 of the ,william ,m4 7,mac7 ,thornberry 
,national ,defense ,authorization ,act  
for ,fiscal ,year #bjba 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4  
#dfea74  7#e7 ,operator ,the term       
operator means a person that conducts   
covered mineral activities or a related 
person 7within the meaning of section   
#bfg7;b7 of the ,internal ,revenue ,code
 of #aihf7 of such person4  7#f7        
,secretary ,the term ,secretary means   
the ,secretary of the ,interior4