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Intergovernmental Critical Minerals Task Force Act

Last Action
9/19/2024

Actions

  • 2024-09-19Held at the desk.
  • 2024-09-19Received in the House.
  • 2024-09-19Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  • 2024-09-18Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S6182-6184)
  • 2024-09-18Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  • 2024-09-18The committee substitute withdrawn by Unanimous Consent. (CR S6185)
  • 2024-09-18Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S6184-6185)
  • 2023-09-05Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 196.
  • 2023-09-05Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-93.
  • 2023-09-05Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-93.
  • 2023-06-14Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
  • 2023-06-08Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
  • 2023-06-08Introduced in Senate

CRS Summary

As of 2023-06-08 (00)

Intergovernmental Critical Minerals Task Force Act

This bill directs the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to establish a task force to facilitate cooperation, coordination, and mutual accountability among each level of the federal government and state, local, tribal, and territorial governments on a holistic response to the dependence on covered countries for critical minerals across the United States.

Covered country includes any country determined by the task force to be a geostrategic competitor or adversary of the United States with respect to critical minerals.

The bill specifies duties for the task force, including

  • addressing the homeland and national security risks associated with the current critical mineral supply chains of the United States;
  • identifying a list of critical minerals most important for securing U.S. homeland and national security; and
  • providing recommendations addressing research and development, mining, and strengthening the domestic workforce to support, and improving partnerships with allied countries to improve, critical mineral supply chains.

Cosponsors (3)

  • Mitt Romney (R-UT)
  • James Lankford (R-OK)
  • Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ)

Subjects

  • Advisory bodies
  • Asia
  • China
  • Congressional oversight
  • Europe
  • Government information and archives
  • Homeland security
  • Intergovernmental relations
  • Iran
  • Metals
  • Middle East
  • Mining
  • North Korea
  • Research and development
  • Russia
  • Strategic materials and reserves
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