,,ib ,union ,calendar ,no4 #bbd #aaith  
,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #cfag
 ,report ,no4 #aai-bfh ,,in ,,the       
,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,may    
#bi1 #bjbe,mr4 ,james 7for himself1 ,mr4
 ,obernolte1 and ,mrs4 ,miller-,meeks7  
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,energy  
and ,commerce  ,september #aa1          
#bjbe;,additional sponsors3 ,mr4 ,dunn  
of ,florida and ,mrs4 ,houchin          
,september #aa1 #bjbe,reported with an  
amendment1 committed to the ,committee  
of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   
the ,union1 and ordered to be           
printed,strike out all after the        
enacting clause and insert the part     
printed in italic,for text of introduced
 bill1 see copy of bill as introduced on
 ,may #bi1 #bjbe  ,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-- 7#a7 that 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 criticality1 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  7,c7 the
 vulnerability of such supply chain2    
7,d7 the diversity of domestic critical 
energy resource supply chains in the    
,united ,states1 including the extent to

 which such diversity is sufficient to  
prevent monopolistic behavior1 a single 
point of failure1 or market             
manipulation2  7,e7 capacity constraints
 on the domestic production of critical 
energy resources1 including any such    
constraint caused by a shortage of      
material or labor2  7,f7 ,federal       
regulations affecting the domestic      
production or importation of critical   
energy resources2  7,g7 how the energy  
security of the ,united ,states is      
affected by the reliance of the ,united 
,states on importation of critical      
energy resources2 and  7,h7 how         
adversarial nations seek to exploit     
critical energy resource markets to     
undermine investment in the ,united     
,states1 which may include the extent to
 which adversarial nations employ       
anti-competitive practices1 price       
manipulation1 or human rights abuses in 
critical energy resource production and 
exportation2  7#b7 facilitate           
development of strategies to 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 and  7#d7 improve    
technology that reuses and recycles     
critical energy resources4  7b7 ,report 
,not later than two years after the date
 of enactment of this ,act1 the         
,secretary of ,energy shall submit to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce 
of the ,house of ,representatives and   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,natural  
,resources of the ,senate a report on   
the status of the assessments under     
subsection 7a77#a71 including a         
description of any regulation           
prescribed1 guidance issued1 or other   
action taken as a result of such an     
assessment4  7c7 ,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  ,september #aa1 #bjbe,reported 
with an amendment1 committed to the     
,committee of the ,whole ,house on the  
,state of the ,union1 and ordered to be 
printed