119-hr755

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 755 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 755

 To amend the Energy Act of 2020 to include critical materials in the 
 definition of critical mineral, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 January 28, 2025

 Mr. Ciscomani (for himself, Mr. Hamadeh of Arizona, Mr. Crane, Mr. 
Newhouse, Mr. Swalwell, Ms. Lee of Nevada, Mr. Stanton, Ms. Maloy, Mr. 
 Horsford, Ms. Pettersen, and Mr. Biggs of Arizona) 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 include critical materials in the 
 definition of critical mineral, 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 ``Critical Mineral Consistency Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. CRITICAL MATERIALS INCLUDED AS CRITICAL MINERALS.

 

Section 7002 of the Energy Act of 2020 (30 U.S.C. 1606) is 
amended--

    (1) in subsection

    (a)

    (3)
        (A) , to read as follows:
 ``
        (A) In general.--The term `critical mineral' 
 means--
 ``
            (i) any mineral, element, substance, or 
 material designated as critical by the 
 Secretary under subsection
            (c) ; or
 ``
            (ii) a critical material as determined by 
 the Secretary of Energy under paragraph

    (2)
        (A) .''; and

    (2) in subsection
            (c) (5) , by adding at the end the 
 following:
 ``
            (C) Inclusion of critical materials.--Not later 
 than 45 days after the date on which the Secretary of 
 Energy determines a non-fuel mineral, element, 
 substance, or material to be a critical material under 
 subsection

    (a)

    (2)
        (A) , the Secretary shall update the 
 list of critical minerals published under paragraph

    (3) to include such critical material.''.
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