- Record: Senate Floor
- Section type: Amendments
- Chamber: Senate
- Date: June 23, 2026
- Congress: 119th Congress
- Why this source matters: This section came from the Senate floor portion of the record.
SA 5989. Mr. HICKENLOOPER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in title II, insert the following:
SEC. 2__. EXPANSION OF MISSION AREAS OF MECHANISMS FOR
EXPEDITED ACCESS TO TECHNICAL TALENT AND
EXPERTISE AT ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS TO SUPPORT
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MISSIONS TO INCLUDE
CRITICAL MINERALS.
Section 217(e) of the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91; 10 U.S.C. 4001 note)
is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraph (36) as paragraph (37); and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (35) the following new
paragraph (36):
“(36) Critical minerals.”.