119th Congress (2025-2026)

HR 3617

Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act

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Bill overview

This bill, the Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act, directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to ensure a stable and secure supply of critical energy resources, including critical minerals, for the United States. The DOE will conduct ongoing assessments of supply chain vulnerabilities, potential disruptions, and reliance on imports. It aims to strengthen domestic production, diversify sources, and develop alternatives to these resources to bolster energy security and protect against foreign exploitation.

Key provisions

Conducts ongoing assessments of critical energy resource supply chains and vulnerabilities.
Facilitates strategies to diversify the sources of critical energy resources.
Encourages increased domestic production, separation, and processing of critical minerals.
Promotes the development of substitutes and alternatives to critical energy resources.
Improves technology for reusing and recycling critical energy resources.
Identifies and mitigates the effects of disruptions to critical energy resource supply.
Considers how adversarial nations may exploit critical energy resource markets.
Requires consultation with Federal agencies, States, and stakeholders.

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Energy Sector
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Domestic Manufacturers
International Partners

Notable changes

Defines ‘critical energy resource’ to include essential minerals and materials vulnerable to supply chain disruption.

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2025-05-29House

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

2025-05-29

Introduced in House

2025-05-29

Introduced in House

2025-06-03House

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.

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May 29, 2025XMLView source

119th CONGRESS — 1st Session

H. R. 3617

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

A BILL

To amend the Department of Energy Organization Act to secure the supply of critical energy resources, including critical minerals and other materials, and for other purposes.

1.Short title

This Act may be cited as the

Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act

2.Amendment to the Department of Energy Organization Act

The Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) is amended—

(1)in section 2, by adding at the end the following:

(d)As used in sections 102(20) and 203(a)(12), the term critical energy resource means any 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.

;

(2)

in section 102, by adding at the end the following:

(20)To ensure there is an adequate and reliable supply of critical energy resources that are essential to the energy security of the United States.

; and

(3)

in section 203(a), by adding at the end the following:

(12)Functions that relate to securing the supply of critical energy resources, including identifying and mitigating the effects of a disruption of such supply on—

(A)

the development and use of energy technologies; and

(B)

the operation of energy systems.

3.Securing critical energy resource supply chains

(a)In generalIn carrying out the requirements of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the appropriate Federal agencies, representatives of the energy sector, States, and other stakeholders, shall—

(1)

conduct ongoing assessments of—

(A)energy resource criticality based on the importance of critical energy resources to the development of energy technologies and the supply of energy;

(B)the critical energy resource supply chain of the United States;

(C)

the vulnerability of such supply chain;

(D)how the energy security of the United States is affected by the reliance of the United States on importation of critical energy resources; and

(E)how adversarial nations seek to exploit critical energy resource markets to undermine investment in the United States, which may include the extent to which adversarial nations employ anti-competitive practices, price manipulation, or human rights abuses in critical energy resource production and exportation;

(2)facilitate development of strategies to strengthen critical energy resource supply chains in the United States, including by—

(A)diversifying the sources of the supply of critical energy resources; and

(B)increasing domestic production, separation, and processing of critical energy resources;

(3)develop substitutes and alternatives to critical energy resources; and

(4)improve technology that reuses and recycles critical energy resources.

(b)Critical energy resource definedIn this section, the term critical energy resource has the meaning given such term in section 2 of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101).

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