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Creates a President-led Intergovernmental Critical Minerals Task Force to study U.S. critical minerals supply chains, recommend ways to secure and diversify sources (reducing reliance on covered countries), consult federal/state/tribal/local stakeholders and industry, and report findings and recommendations to Congress. Also directs the Comptroller General to study Federal and State regulatory barriers to domestic critical minerals production and processing and deliver a report to Congress within 18 months.
Current supply chains of critical minerals pose a great risk to the national security of the United States.
Critical minerals are necessary for transportation, technology, renewable energy, military equipment and machinery, and other relevant sectors crucial for the homeland and national security of the United States.
In 2022, the United States was 100 percent import reliant for 12 out of 50 critical minerals and more than 50 percent import reliant for an additional 31 critical mineral commodities (as classified by the United States Geological Survey); the People’s Republic of China was the top producing nation for 30 of those 50 critical minerals.
As of July 2023, companies based in the People’s Republic of China that extract critical minerals around the world have received hundreds of charges of human rights violations.
On August 29, 2014, the World Trade Organization Dispute Settlement Body found that export restraints by the People’s Republic of China on rare earth metals harmed manufacturers and workers in the United States and violated obligations under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 and China’s Protocol of Accession to the World Trade Organization.
Who is affected and how:
Federal agencies: Agencies named to participate will have to provide personnel, data, and interagency coordination time to the task force. The work may inform future agency rulemaking, procurement priorities, and interagency initiatives.
Mining, processing, and manufacturing industry: Domestic and foreign firms in the critical minerals extraction, refining, and downstream manufacturing sectors will be affected indirectly. The task force’s recommendations could lead to changes in permitting, incentives, procurement policies, or trade responses that affect investment decisions and supply-chain planning.
Defense and advanced-technology firms (defense industrial base): Firms that rely on critical minerals for weapons, electronics, batteries, and advanced manufacturing could see strengthened efforts to secure domestic sources or diversify suppliers, improving supply-chain resilience for defense contractors.
State, Tribal, and local governments: These jurisdictions will be consulted and could see future impacts if recommendations change permitting standards, grant programs, or federal support for domestic projects; they may also be asked to adapt state-level regulatory frameworks identified as barriers.
Labor and communities in mineral-bearing regions: If recommendations spur domestic production or processing, there could be local economic and employment effects; conversely, actions to restrict reliance on certain foreign suppliers could alter global markets and investment flows.
Trade and foreign policy: Findings and recommendations aimed at reducing reliance on particular foreign producers may affect trade relations and could prompt diplomatic or trade policy responses.
Overall impact: The bill primarily creates interagency study and coordination mechanisms and a GAO review; immediate direct regulatory or funding changes are not imposed by the text itself, but its reports and recommendations could lead to substantive policy, regulatory, procurement, or funding actions later. The requirement for a GAO study increases transparency about regulatory barriers and could accelerate reforms at the Federal or State level.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Introduced March 3, 2025 by Gary C. Peters · Last progress March 3, 2025
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Introduced in Senate
