,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gee  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #bh1        
#bjbe,mr4 ,ciscomani 7for himself1 ,mr4 
,hamadeh of ,arizona1 ,mr4 ,crane1 ,mr4 
,newhouse1 ,mr4 ,swalwell1 ,ms4 ,lee of 
,nevada1 ,mr4 ,stanton1 ,ms4 ,maloy1    
,mr4 ,horsford1 ,ms4 ,pettersen1 and    
,mr4 ,biggs of ,arizona7 introduced the 
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,natural ,resources   
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,energy ,act of
 #bjbj to include critical materials in 
the definition of critical mineral1 and 
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,critical
 ,mineral ,consistency ,act of #bjbe4   
#b4 ,critical materials included as     
critical minerals ,section #gjjb of the 
,energy ,act of #bjbj 7#cj ,u4,s4,c4    
#afjf7 is amended--  7#a7 in subsection 
7a77#c77;,a71 to read as follows3  7,a7 
,in general ,the term critical mineral  
means--  7i7 any mineral1 element1      
substance1 or material designated as    

critical by the ,secretary under        
subsection 7c72 or  7ii7 a critical     
material as determined by the ,secretary
 of ,energy under paragraph 7#b77;,a74  
2 and  7#b7 in subsection 7c77#e71 by   
adding at the end the following3  7,c7  
,inclusion of critical materials ,not   
later than #de days after the date on   
which the ,secretary of ,energy         
determines a non-fuel mineral1 element1 
substance1 or material to be a critical 
material under subsection 7a77#b77;,a71 
the ,secretary shall update the list of 
critical minerals published under       
paragraph 7#c7 to include such critical 
material4  4