Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act
Passed first chamber: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- Passed first chamber
- Started in
- House
- Latest action
- Feb 12
Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Done)
Floor (Current step)
Law (Not started)
What it does
Securing America's Critical Minerals Supply Act This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to secure the supply of critical energy resources that are essential to the energy security of the United States. A critical energy resource means an energy resource (1) that is essential to the energy sector and energy systems of the United States, and (2) the supply chain of which is vulnerable to disruption. As part of its duties, DOE must conduct ongoing assessments of energy resource criticality, the U.S. supply chain of critical energy resources and its vulnerabilities, the diversity of domestic critical energy resource supply chains, capacity constraints on the domestic production of…
Official summary · Reported to House · Sep 11, 2025
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What moved
Who is involved
- Rep. James, John [R-MI-10]Lead sponsor
- Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2]Co-sponsor
- Rep. Houchin, Erin [R-IN-9]Co-sponsor
- Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette [R-IA-1]Co-sponsor
- Rep. Obernolte, Jay [R-CA-23]Co-sponsor
Sponsors
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