Critical Materials Future Act of 2025
Committee hearing: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- Committee hearing
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- 4
- Latest action
- Mar 12, 2025
What it does
The Critical Materials Future Act of 2025 would establish a Domestic Critical Material Processing Pilot Program within the Department of Energy to support at least three domestic projects that refine, process, or recycle critical materials using innovative financial tools such as contracts for difference and price floors. The program aims to reduce supply chain vulnerabilities, enhance energy and national security, and evaluate the effectiveness of financial mechanisms in attracting private investment and stabilizing markets for critical materials. It requires coordination with multiple federal agencies, prioritizes projects using domestic or reliable foreign feedstock, mandates a study and…
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