,,ib ,union ,calendar ,no4 #gbj #aaith  
,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #ifaf
 ,report ,no4 #aai-hba ,,in ,,the       
,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,july   
#i1 #bjbf,mr4 ,pfluger 7for himself and 
,mr4 ,landsman7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce     
,september #ad1 #bjbf;,committed to the 
,committee of the ,whole ,house on the  
,state of the ,union and ordered to be  
printed  ,a ,,bill  ,to establish a     
program for the recovery of critical    
materials from contaminated sites1 and  
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,environmental ,monitoring and          
,remediation ,technology ,assessment    
,initiative ,authorization ,act of #bjbf
 or the ,,emrtai ,authorization ,act of 
#bjbf4  #b4 ,environmental remediation  
and critical material recovery program  
7a7 ,establishment ,the ,administrator  
of the ,environmental ,protection       
,agency shall carry out a program to    

investigate1 evaluate1 and support      
processes1 methods1 and systems which   
may be utilized in-- 7#a7 the           
identification of sources of critical   
materials at contaminated sites1        
including contaminated media and solid  
waste sources at such sites2 and  7#b7  
the recovery of such critical materials 
from such sites4  7b7 ,assistance ,in   
carrying out the program under          
subsection 7a71 the ,administrator may  
provide assistance1 including by        
entering into contracts and cooperative 
agreements and making awards1 to        
persons1 ,state1 local1 and ,tribal     
government entities1 and nonprofit      
organizations4  7c7 ,limitation ,the    
,administrator may not1 under such      
program1 provide assistance-- 7#a7 in   
the aggregate1 in an amount that exceeds
 #aj1jjj1jjj in any fiscal year2 or     
7#b7 to any person1 ,state1 local1 or   
,tribal government entity1 or nonprofit 
organization1 in an amount that exceeds 
#c1jjj1jjj4  7d7 ,evaluation of         

applications ,the ,administrator shall  
establish a system for evaluating       
applications for assistance provided    
under subsection 7b7 that includes the  
following criteria3 7#a7 ,the extent to 
which the assistance furthers the       
identification of nontraditional1       
domestic sources of critical materials  
at contaminated sites pursuant to       
subsection 7a74  7#b7 ,the extent to    
which the assistance advances processes1
 methods1 and systems for-- 7,a7        
recovering critical materials from      
sources at contaminated sites that may  
be identified pursuant to subsection    
7a72 and  7,b7 monitoring environmental 
contamination and remediation of such   
contaminated sites in the recovery of   
such critical materials4  7#c7 ,the     
extent to which the assistance          
strengthens national security through   
the development of domestic critical    
material supply chains4  7#d7 ,the      
extent to which the assistance supports 
remediation of one or more contaminated 

sites1 especially such sites that are on
 the ,national ,priorities ,list4  7#e7 
,the extent to which the assistance     
protects human health and the           
environment4  7e7 ,critical material    
defined ,in this section1 the term      
critical material has the meaning given 
such term in section #gjjb7;a7 of the   
,energy ,act of #bjbj 7#cj ,u4,s4,c4    
#afjf7;a774  7f7 ,sunset ,the program   
under subsection 7a7 shall terminate on 
the date that is #aj years after the    
date of enactment of this section4      
,september #ad1 #bjbf;,committed to the 
,committee of the ,whole ,house on the  
,state of the ,union and ordered to be  
printed