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The bill increases U.S. energy supply-chain resilience and domestic production—reducing outage and national-security risks and creating domestic economic opportunities—while likely imposing new compliance burdens and raising short-term costs for consumers and taxpayers.
Households, businesses, and energy utilities: reduced risk of energy outages and improved national security because the bill requires identifying and mitigating vulnerable supply chains and diversifying supply sources for critical energy inputs.
Domestic producers, workers, and rural communities: increased opportunities for U.S. production, processing, and related jobs because DOE coordination and policy measures aim to expand domestic capacity for critical energy materials and components.
Taxpayers and consumers: potential for longer-term price stability of energy-related materials if the bill spurs development and commercialization of substitutes, reuse, and recycling technologies.
Taxpayers, consumers, and utilities: higher costs, either from new regulatory requirements, subsidies to boost domestic production, or procurement priorities that raise prices for energy companies and end users.
Utilities, energy suppliers, and mining companies: increased uncertainty and administrative burden because a broad 'critical energy resource' definition and expanded DOE activities may create new compliance, reporting, and coordination requirements.
Taxpayers and state governments: risk that DOE focus and funds shift away from other programs (like research or energy-efficiency initiatives) if resources are reallocated to secure domestic supply chains.
Based on analysis of 3 sections of legislative text.
Requires the Department of Energy to identify, monitor, and strengthen U.S. supply chains for "critical energy resources" that are essential to the energy sector and vulnerable to disruption. The Department must continuously assess threats (including import reliance, monopolies, production limits, labor/material shortages, market manipulation, and human‑rights concerns), promote diversification and increased domestic production, develop substitutes, and improve reuse and recycling. The Secretary of Energy must consult federal agencies, industry, states, and other stakeholders, carry out related actions, and deliver a report to congressional energy committees within two years describing assessment findings and any regulations, guidance, or actions taken.
Introduced May 29, 2025 by John James · Last progress February 12, 2026