[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6395 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6395

    To amend the Energy Act of 2020 to require the Secretary of the 
   Interior to include the Secretary of Health and Human Services in 
 consultations regarding designations of critical minerals, elements, 
                       substances, and materials.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 14, 2023

Mr. Curtis (for himself and Ms. DeGette) introduced the following bill; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Energy Act of 2020 to require the Secretary of the 
   Interior to include the Secretary of Health and Human Services in 
 consultations regarding designations of critical minerals, elements, 
                       substances, and materials.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Recognizing the Importance of 
Critical Minerals in Healthcare Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. REQUIRED CONSULTATION WITH THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
              SERVICES.

    Paragraphs (4)(C) and (5)(A) of section 7002(c) of the Energy Act 
of 2020 (30 U.S.C. 1606(c)(4)(C) and (5)(A)) are each amended by 
inserting ``Health and Human Services,'' after ``Agriculture,''.
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