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Critical Mineral Consistency Act of 2025
2/26/2025, 11:23 AM
Summary of Bill HR 755
The bill recognizes the significance of critical materials in maintaining the United States' competitiveness and security in the global market. By including critical materials in the definition of critical minerals, the legislation seeks to ensure that these essential resources are properly identified, assessed, and managed to meet the country's needs.
In addition to expanding the definition of critical minerals, the bill also aims to enhance coordination and collaboration among federal agencies, industry stakeholders, and other relevant parties in the critical materials supply chain. This includes promoting research and development, improving data collection and analysis, and streamlining permitting processes for critical materials projects. Overall, Bill 119 HR 755 seeks to strengthen the United States' critical materials supply chain and reduce its dependence on foreign sources. By recognizing the importance of critical materials and implementing strategic policies to support their production and use, the legislation aims to enhance the country's economic competitiveness and national security in the long term.
Congressional Summary of HR 755
Critical Mineral Consistency Act of 2025
This bill modifies the Energy Act of 2020 to expand the definition of critical minerals to include critical materials designated by the Department of Energy (DOE).
Under current law, DOE's critical materials list contains certain materials that are essential for energy, including those on the critical minerals list of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The USGS's list, which contains certain minerals that are essential to the nation's economic or national security, is not required to include the materials on DOE's list. Currently, both lists include minerals with a high risk of supply chain disruptions, and both DOE and USGS must conduct a variety of efforts to ensure a secure and reliable supply chain of the minerals.
By expanding the definition of critical minerals, this bill requires the USGS to include on its list the materials on DOE's list. Within 45 days of DOE adding a mineral, element, substance, or material to its critical materials list, the USGS must update its list to include such mineral, element, substance, or material.
