,,ii ,calendar ,no4 #cce #aaith         
,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,s4 #gad     
,report ,no4 #aai-ajf ,,in ,,the        
,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states   
,february #be1 #bjbe,mr4 ,lee 7for      
himself1 ,mr4 ,kelly1 ,mr4 ,ossoff1 ,mr4
 ,cassidy1 ,mr4 ,curtis1 and ,mr4       
,risch7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,energy and ,natural     
,resources  ,february #aa1              
#bjbf,reported by ,mr4 ,lee1 with an    
amendment and an amendment to the       
title,strike out all after the enacting 
clause and insert the part printed in   
italic  ,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;,a7-- 7,a7 by       
striking the period at the end and      
inserting 2 and2  7,b7 by striking means
 any mineral and inserting the          
following3 8means--  7i7 any mineral  2 
and  7,c7 by adding at the end the      
following3  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 that critical 
material4  4  #a4 ,short title ,this    
,act may be cited as the ,critical      
,mineral ,consistency ,act of #bjbe4    
#b4 ,critical minerals and materials    
list ,section #gjjb of the ,energy ,act 

of #bjbj 7#cj ,u4,s4,c4 #afjf7 is       
amended-- 7#a7 in subsection            
7c77#d77;,c71 by inserting minerals or  
materials after critical2  7#b7 by      
redesignating subsection 7o7 as         
subsection 7p72 and  7#c7 by inserting  
after subsection 7n7 the following3  7o7
 ,critical minerals and materials list  
7#a7 ,in general ,not later than #de    
days after the date of enactment of the 
,critical ,mineral ,consistency ,act of 
#bjbe1 the ,secretary shall publish a   
,critical ,minerals and ,materials      
,list1 which shall include-- 7,a7 any   
critical mineral designated by the      
,secretary under subsection 7c72 and    
7,b7 any non-fuel mineral1 element1     
substance1 or material that the         
,secretary of ,energy has determined to 
be a critical material under subsection 
7a77#b7 as of that date of enactment4   
7#b7 ,updates ,the ,secretary shall     
update the ,critical ,minerals and      
,materials ,list published under        
paragraph 7#a7-- 7,a7 not later than #de

 days after the date on which the       
,secretary updates a critical mineral   
designation under subsection 7c72 and   
7,b7 not later than #de days after the  
date on which the ,secretary of ,energy 
updates a critical material designation 
under subsection 7a77#b74  7#c7         
,publication alignment ,to the maximum  
extent practicable1 the ,secretary and  
the ,secretary of ,energy shall         
coordinate when updates to the ,critical
 ,minerals and ,materials ,list may be  
required under paragraph 7#b74  7#d7    
,administration ,for the purposes of    
administering programs involving        
critical minerals or critical materials1
 the ,secretary1 the ,secretary of      
,energy1 and the heads of other ,federal
 departments and agencies where such    
department or agency has incorporated by
 reference the definition of critical   
mineral or critical material from this  
section1 as applicable1 shall use the   
most recently published version of the  
,critical ,minerals and ,materials ,list

 published under paragraph 7#a74  4     
,amend the title so as to read3 ,a bill 
to amend the ,energy ,act of #bjbj to   
harmonize the lists of critical minerals
 and critical materials1 and for other  
purposes44 ,february #aa1 #bjbf,reported
 with an amendment and an amendment to  
the title