H.R. 3617
Requires Energy Department to track critical mineral supplies
The Energy Department would have to assess and help protect supplies of minerals and materials the country's energy systems need, study what rules affect them, and find ways to reuse and recycle them.
- The Energy Department must study which energy resources have supply chains at risk of disruption
- It must look at federal rules that affect making or importing these resources at home
- It must help develop substitutes and ways to reuse and recycle these resources
- It must study how rival nations try to affect these markets and hurt investment in the United States
Passed the House · Senate's turn