119-hr3617

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 3617 Reported in House

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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