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Introduced January 15, 2026 by Robert J. Wittman · Last progress January 15, 2026
The bill strengthens U.S. critical‑minerals resilience by funding a Reserve, prioritizing domestic production and recycling, and improving monitoring — but it does so at meaningful taxpayer cost and with risks of environmental harm, market distortion, governance discretion, and diplomatic friction.
Manufacturers, utilities, and defense-related industries would face more reliable supplies because the bill creates a federal Reserve, sets dependence‑rate targets (e.g., 75%), and prioritizes domestic and partner‑country production to reduce reliance on adversary sources.
Workers, rural communities, and domestic firms would gain jobs and investment as the bill directs federal financing (including $2.5 billion) to expand U.S. extraction, processing, recycling, and refining capacity.
Recycling, reuse, and circular‑economy activities would grow because the bill defines and prioritizes recovery projects and funds recycling‑focused projects, lowering long‑term pressure for new mining.
Taxpayers would bear substantial new federal spending and financial risk (including a $2.5 billion authorization plus acquisition, storage, and program costs) without guaranteed returns.
Residents and workers in mining regions could face environmental degradation and public‑health harms if expanded domestic extraction and processing proceed without strong safeguards.
The Reserve’s financing, equity investments, and Board‑controlled project prioritization could advantage large or connected firms, distort markets, and crowd out private investment or smaller competitors.
Based on analysis of 12 sections of legislative text.
Creates a Strategic Resilience Reserve Corporation to finance, acquire, store, and stabilize critical minerals and materials supply chains and authorizes $2.5B.
Creates a federally owned Strategic Resilience Reserve Corporation to strengthen U.S. supply chains for critical minerals and materials by financing, acquiring, storing, and supporting domestic and partner-country production, processing, recycling, reuse, and repurposing. It authorizes $2.5 billion, establishes a seven-member presidentially appointed Board with specific expertise and representation requirements, sets production and dependence targets for eligible materials, and requires audits, a public transaction database, and regular congressional reporting. Gives the Reserve broad corporate authorities to buy, hold, finance, store, and contract for critical minerals and materials; defines which minerals may be eligible; prioritizes domestic projects and recycling/reuse; limits foreign influence for designated private intermediaries; and sets transparency, environmental, and labor standards along with oversight and auditing rules.