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[H.R. 3617 Reported in House (RH)]
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Union Calendar No. 224
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3617
[Report No. 119-268]
To amend the Department of Energy Organization Act to secure the supply
of critical energy resources, including critical minerals and other
materials, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 29, 2025
Mr. James (for himself, Mr. Obernolte, and Mrs. Miller-Meeks)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Energy and Commerce
September 11, 2025
Additional sponsors: Mr. Dunn of Florida and Mrs. Houchin
September 11, 2025
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 29,
2025]
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A BILL
To amend the Department of Energy Organization Act to secure the supply
of critical energy resources, including critical minerals and other
materials, and for other purposes.
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 ``Securing America's Critical Minerals
Supply Act''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ORGANIZATION ACT.
The Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.)
is amended--
(1) in section 2, by adding at the end the following:
``(d) As used in sections 102(20) and 203(a)(12), the term
`critical energy resource' means any energy resource--
``(1) that is essential to the energy sector and energy
systems of the United States; and
``(2) the supply chain of which is vulnerable to
disruption.'';
(2) in section 102, by adding at the end the following:
``(20) To ensure there is an adequate and reliable supply
of critical energy resources that are essential to the energy
security of the United States.''; and
(3) in section 203(a), by adding at the end the following:
``(12) Functions that relate to securing the supply of
critical energy resources, including identifying and mitigating
the effects of a disruption of such supply on--
``(A) the development and use of energy
technologies; and
``(B) the operation of energy systems.''.
SEC. 3. SECURING CRITICAL ENERGY RESOURCE SUPPLY CHAINS.
(a) In General.--In carrying out the requirements of the Department
of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), the Secretary of
Energy, in consultation with the appropriate Federal agencies,
representatives of the energy sector, States, and other stakeholders,
shall--
(1) conduct ongoing assessments of--
(A) energy resource criticality, based on the
importance of critical energy resources to the
development of energy technologies and the supply of
energy;
(B) the critical energy resource supply chain of
the United States;
(C) the vulnerability of such supply chain;
(D) the diversity of domestic critical energy
resource supply chains in the United States, including
the extent to which such diversity is sufficient to
prevent monopolistic behavior, a single point of
failure, or market manipulation;
(E) capacity constraints on the domestic production
of critical energy resources, including any such
constraint caused by a shortage of material or labor;
(F) Federal regulations affecting the domestic
production or importation of critical energy resources;
(G) how the energy security of the United States is
affected by the reliance of the United States on
importation of critical energy resources; and
(H) how adversarial nations seek to exploit
critical energy resource markets to undermine
investment in the United States, which may include the
extent to which adversarial nations employ anti-
competitive practices, price manipulation, or human
rights abuses in critical energy resource production
and exportation;
(2) facilitate development of strategies to strengthen
critical energy resource supply chains in the United States,
including by--
(A) diversifying the sources of the supply of
critical energy resources; and
(B) increasing domestic production, separation, and
processing of critical energy resources;
(3) develop substitutes and alternatives to critical energy
resources; and
(4) improve technology that reuses and recycles critical
energy resources.
(b) Report.--Not later than two years after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall submit to the Committee on
Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee
on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report on the status of
the assessments under subsection (a)(1), including a description of any
regulation prescribed, guidance issued, or other action taken as a
result of such an assessment.
(c) Critical Energy Resource Defined.--In this section, the term
``critical energy resource'' has the meaning given such term in section
2 of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101).
Union Calendar No. 224
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3617
[Report No. 119-268]
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend the Department of Energy Organization Act to secure the supply
of critical energy resources, including critical minerals and other
materials, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
September 11, 2025
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed