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Adds a new definition and mission for the Department of Energy to identify and secure “critical energy resources” whose supply chains are vulnerable to disruption. Requires the Secretary of Energy to assess U.S. reliance, vulnerabilities, production capacity, regulatory barriers, and hostile‑actor risks for those resources and to take steps to diversify, grow domestic supplies, develop substitutes, and improve recycling, with a report to Congress within two years.
Introduced May 29, 2025 by John James · Last progress February 12, 2026
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 223 - 206 (Roll no. 64). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H2150)
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 223 - 206 (Roll no. 64).