HR 9617
CHARM Act
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Bill overview
The Coordinating and Harnessing America’s Recovery of Minerals Act (CHARM Act) directs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop and implement a National Critical Mineral Recovery Strategy. This strategy aims to coordinate federal efforts to recover critical minerals from discarded materials, such as mining waste and metal processing waste, to strengthen domestic supply chains. The EPA will report on its progress and recommendations to Congress every two years.
Key provisions
- Directs the EPA to develop a National Critical Mineral Recovery Strategy.
- Requires the strategy to identify opportunities for recovering critical minerals from discarded materials.
- Instructs the EPA to consult with other federal agencies on the strategy.
- Specifies that the strategy should consider legal, technological, and environmental barriers.
- Mandates the EPA to evaluate the strategy’s impact on domestic critical mineral supply chains.
- Requires the EPA to identify discarded materials as potential sources of critical minerals.
- Requires the EPA to minimize risks to human health and the environment during mineral recovery.
- Calls for regular reports to Congress on the strategy’s implementation and recommendations.
Who is affected
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Federal Agencies
- Domestic Mineral Industry
- Waste Management Industry
- Consumers
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119th CONGRESS — 2d Session
H. R. 9617
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
A BILL
To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to coordinate a National Critical Mineral Recovery Strategy, and for other purposes.
This Act may be cited as the Coordinating and Harnessing America’s Recovery of Minerals Act CHARM Act
or the
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Strategy) for the purpose of coordinating Federal efforts to recover critical minerals from discarded materials.
In developing the Strategy under paragraph (1), the Administrator, in consultation with the heads of other Federal agencies described in paragraph (1), shall—
identify programs administered by, and authorities of, the Administrator that relate to the recovery of critical minerals from discarded materials;
identify, and consider for inclusion in the Strategy, opportunities to recover critical minerals from discarded materials that are mining waste or residuals or metal processing waste;
identify discarded materials that are potential sources of critical minerals;
identify potential critical minerals that may be in discarded materials;
evaluate the role of recovered critical minerals, and the sources from which such critical minerals were recovered from discarded materials, in strengthening domestic supply chains of critical minerals; and
Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this section, and every 2 years thereafter, the Administrator shall transmit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate, and make publicly available, a report that contains the Strategy and a description of activities carried out pursuant to subsection (a).
The Administrator shall include in the report transmitted under paragraph (1) a description of—
any actions taken by the Administrator to facilitate the recovery of critical minerals from discarded materials pursuant to the Strategy;
any actions taken by another Federal agency, in coordination with the Administrator, to facilitate the recovery of critical minerals from discarded materials pursuant to the Strategy;
any ongoing or planned actions by the Administrator to facilitate the recovery of critical minerals from discarded materials pursuant to the Strategy; and
In this section, the term critical mineral has the meaning given such term in section 7002(a)(3) of the Energy Act of 2020 (30 U.S.C. 1606(c)(3)).