,,ib ,union ,calendar ,no4 #gai #aaith  
,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #ifag
 ,report ,no4 #aai-hbj ,,in ,,the       
,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,july   
#i1 #bjbf,mr4 ,palmer 7for himself and  
,mr4 ,tonko7 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 amend the ,solid
 ,waste ,disposal ,act to direct the    
,administrator of the ,environmental    
,protection ,agency to coordinate a     
,national ,critical ,mineral ,recovery  
,strategy1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,coordinating and ,harnessing       
,america's ,recovery of ,minerals ,act  
or the ,,charm ,act4  #b4 ,national     
,critical ,mineral ,recovery ,strategy  
7a7 ,in general ,subtitle ,b of the     
,solid ,waste ,disposal ,act 7#db       
,u4,s4,c4 #fiaa et seq47 is amended by  

adding at the end the following new     
section3  #bjji4 ,national ,critical    
,mineral ,recovery ,strategy  7a7       
,strategy  7#a7 ,in general ,the        
,administrator shall1 in consultation   
with the heads of other ,federal        
agencies that the ,administrator        
determines to be relevant1 develop and  
carry out a ,national ,critical ,mineral
 ,recovery ,strategy 7in this section   
referred to as the ,strategy7 for the   
purpose of coordinating ,federal efforts
 to recover critical minerals from      
discarded materials4  7#b7 ,purpose ,in 
developing the ,strategy under paragraph
 7#a71 the ,administrator1 in           
consultation with the heads of other    
,federal agencies described in paragraph
 7#a71 shall-- 7,a7 identify programs   
administered by1 and authorities of1 the
 ,administrator that relate to the      
recovery of critical minerals from      
discarded materials2  7,b7 identify     
programs administered by1 and           
authorities of1 the other relevant      

,federal agencies that relate to the    
recovery of critical minerals from      
discarded materials2  7,c7 identify1 and
 consider for inclusion in the          
,strategy1 opportunities that expand the
 recovery of critical minerals1 as well 
as that address legal1 technological1   
and other barriers to recovering such   
critical minerals from discarded        
materials2  7,d7 identify1 and consider 
for inclusion in the ,strategy1         
opportunities to recover critical       
minerals from discarded materials that  
are mining waste or residuals or metal  
processing waste2  7,e7 identify        
discarded materials that are potential  
sources of critical minerals2  7,f7     
identify potential critical minerals    
that may be in discarded materials2     
7,g7 evaluate the role of recovered     
critical minerals1 and the sources from 
which such critical minerals were       
recovered from discarded materials1 in  
strengthening domestic supply chains of 
critical minerals2 and  7,h7 identify   

opportunities to recover critical       
minerals from discarded materials in a  
manner that minimizes risk to human     
health and the environment4  7b7 ,report
  7#a7 ,in general ,not later than #b   
years after the date of enactment of    
this section1 and every #b years        
thereafter1 the ,administrator shall    
transmit to the ,committee on ,energy   
and ,commerce of the ,house of          
,representatives and ,committee on      
,environment and ,public ,works of the  
,senate1 and make publicly available1 a 
report that contains the ,strategy and a
 description of activities carried out  
pursuant to subsection 7a74  7#b7       
,inclusion ,the ,administrator shall    
include in the report transmitted under 
paragraph 7#a7 a description of-- 7,a7  
any actions taken by the ,administrator 
to facilitate the recovery of critical  
minerals from discarded materials       
pursuant to the ,strategy2  7,b7 any    
actions taken by another ,federal       
agency1 in coordination with the        

,administrator1 to facilitate the       
recovery of critical minerals from      
discarded materials pursuant to the     
,strategy2  7,c7 any ongoing or planned 
actions by the ,administrator to        
facilitate the recovery of critical     
minerals from discarded materials       
pursuant to the ,strategy2 and  7,d7 any
 recommendations for legislation to     
support the developing and carrying out 
of the ,strategy4  7c7 ,critical mineral
 defined ,in this section1 the term     
critical mineral has the meaning given  
such term in section #gjjb7;a77#c7 of   
the ,energy ,act of #bjbj 7#cj ,u4,s4,c4
 #afjf7;c77#c774  4  7b7 ,conforming    
amendment ,the table of contents        
contained in section #ajja of the ,solid
 ,waste ,disposal ,act is amended by    
inserting after the item relating to    
section #bjjh the following3  ,sec4     
#bjji4 ,national ,critical ,mineral     
,recovery ,strategy4  4  ,september #ad1
 #bjbf;,committed to the ,committee of  
the ,whole ,house on the ,state of the  

,union and ordered to be printed