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Union Calendar No. 14 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1068 

[Report No. 118–22] 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 17, 2023 

Mr. BUCSHON (for himself and Mr. WEBER of Texas) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

MARCH 23, 2023 

Additional sponsors: Mr. OBERNOLTE, Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, Mr. GRIFFITH, 

Mr. DUNCAN, Mrs. LESKO, Mr. WALBERG, and Mr. CURTIS

MARCH 23, 2023 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 17, 2023] 


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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. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Securing America’s Crit5 ical Minerals Supply Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY OR7 GANIZATION ACT. 

8 The Department of Energy Organization Act (42 

9 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) is amended— 

10 (1) in section 2, by adding at the end the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(d) As used in sections 102(20) and 203(a)(12), the 

13 term ‘critical energy resource’ means any energy resource— 

14 ‘‘(1) that is essential to the energy sector and en15 ergy systems of the United States; and 

16 ‘‘(2) the supply chain of which is vulnerable to 

17 disruption.’’; 

18 (2) in section 102, by adding at the end the fol19 lowing: 

20 ‘‘(20) To ensure there is an adequate and reliable 

21 supply of critical energy resources that are essential 

22 to the energy security of the United States.’’; and 

23 (3) in section 203(a), by adding at the end the 

24 following: 


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1 ‘‘(12) Functions that relate to securing the sup2 ply of critical energy resources, including identifying 

3 and mitigating the effects of a disruption of such sup4 ply on— 

5 ‘‘(A) the development and use of energy 

6 technologies; and 

7 ‘‘(B) the operation of energy systems.’’. 

8 SEC. 3. SECURING CRITICAL ENERGY RESOURCE SUPPLY 

9 CHAINS. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the requirements 

11 of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 

12 7101 et seq.), the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with 

13 the appropriate Federal agencies, representatives of the en14 ergy sector, States, and other stakeholders, shall— 

15 (1) conduct ongoing assessments of— 

16 (A) energy resource criticality based on the 

17 importance of critical energy resources to the de18 velopment of energy technologies and the supply 

19 of energy; 

20 (B) the critical energy resource supply 

21 chain of the United States; 

22 (C) the vulnerability of such supply chain; 

23 and 

24 (D) how the energy security of the United 

25 States is affected by the reliance of the United 


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1 States on importation of critical energy re2 sources; 

3 (2) facilitate development of strategies to 

4 strengthen critical energy resource supply chains in 

5 the United States, including by— 

6 (A) diversifying the sources of the supply of 

7 critical energy resources; and 

8 (B) increasing domestic production, separa9 tion, and processing of critical energy resources; 

10 (3) develop substitutes and alternatives to crit11 ical energy resources; and 

12 (4) improve technology that reuses and recycles 

13 critical energy resources. 

14 (b) CRITICAL ENERGY RESOURCE DEFINED.—In this 

15 section, the term ‘‘critical energy resource’’ has the meaning 

16 given such term in section 2 of the Department of Energy 

17 Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101). 


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Union Calendar No. 14 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1068 

[Report No. 118–22] 

A BILL 

To amend the Department of Energy Organization 

terials, and for other purposes. sources, including critical minerals and other maAct to secure the supply of critical energy reMARCH 23, 2023 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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