In committee
Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act
This bill makes securing the minerals and materials essential to the nation's energy systems an official priority for the Department of Energy. The department must evaluate supply chain risks, labor and material shortages, and foreign market manipulation that could disrupt the power grid or energy technologies. It also requires the agency to create plans to increase domestic mining and processing, expand recycling, and develop alternative materials to reduce dependence on foreign imports.
People affected—Not determinable from the text provided; the bill directs internal agency assessments, interagency coordination, and reporting rather than directly targeting or enumerating a specific population.
Fiscal magnitude—The bill text specifies no explicit authorization of appropriations, funding levels, or fees.
Reach25provisional · pending reviewrigor: heuristic llm
What this bill touches.
Public R&D+10Role of government+15Trade & tariffs−18
Who it helps · who it burdens.
Who it helps
- Domestic critical energy resource producers and processorsStands to benefit from agency strategies directed at expanding domestic production, separation, and processing of critical energy resources and mitigating supply chain disruptions.
Who it burdens
- Department of EnergyTakes on new statutory duties to continuously assess critical energy resource supply chains, develop strategies to increase domestic production and processing, research substitutes and recycling technologies, and report findings to Congress within two years.