,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cafd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #g1  
#bjbe ,ms4 ,slotkin introduced the      
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,armed   
,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to require a     
briefing on increasing procurement of   
strategic and critical materials from   
sources in the ,united ,states4  #a4    
,briefing on increasing procurement of  
strategic and critical materials from   
sources in the ,united ,states  7a7  ,in
 general  ,not later than ,march #a1    
#bjbf1 the ,secretary of ,defense shall 
provide to the ,committees on ,armed    
,services of the ,senate and the ,house 
of ,representatives a briefing on       
increasing procurement of strategic and 
critical materials from sources in the  
,united ,states4  7b7  ,elements  ,the  
briefing required by subsection 7a7     
shall include the following3 7#a7 ,the  
identification of #aj strategic and     
critical materials--  7,a7 that are     

included in the ,national ,defense      
,stockpile as of the date of the        
enactment of this ,act2 and  7,b7 of    
which the ,department of ,defense could 
increase procurement from sources in the
 ,united ,states to increase domestic   
production of such materials and        
decrease national security              
vulnerabilities in the supply chains for
 such materials4  7#b7 ,recommended or  
required amounts of each material       
identified under paragraph 7#a7 to be   
procured from sources in the ,united    
,states during the #c-year period       
following the date of the briefing4     
7#c7 ,a list of materials identified    
under paragraph 7#a7 and target         
percentages for the procurement of such 
materials from sources in the ,united   
,states that is appropriate to release  
to industry in1 and allies and partners 
of1 the ,united ,states4  7#d7 ,an      
identification of any potential         
challenges anticipated to be encountered
 in increasing procurement of such      

materials from sources in the ,united   
,states4  7c7  ,public availability of  
list  ,the list required by subsection  
7b77#c7 shall be made available to the  
public4  7d7  ,strategic and critical   
materials defined  ,in this section1 the
 term strategic and critical materials  
has the meaning given that term in      
section #ab7a7 of the ,strategic and    
,critical ,materials ,stock ,piling ,act
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