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Union Calendar No. 680 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8450 

[Report No. 118–833] 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to evaluate certain minerals for 

designation as critical minerals. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 17, 2024 

Mrs. CAMMACK (for herself and Ms. SLOTKIN) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

DECEMBER 10, 2024 

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 May 17, 2024] 


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A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to evaluate certain 

minerals for designation as critical minerals. 


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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 ‘‘Phosphate and Potash 

5 Protection Act of 2024’’. 

6 SEC. 2. EVALUATION OF CERTAIN MINERALS FOR DESIGNA7 TION AS CRITICAL MINERALS. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 

9 date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary, in con10 sultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall evaluate 

11 potash, phosphates, and other minerals necessary for the 

12 production of fertilizer and other agricultural products used 

13 to promote crop development for designation as critical 

14 minerals under section 7002(c)(4) of the Energy Act of 2020 

15 (30 U.S.C. 1606(c)(4)). 

16 (b) RECOMMENDATIONS.—Not later than 90 days after 

17 the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary, in 

18 consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall— 

19 (1) evaluate policies in place as of the date of the 

20 enactment of this section related to the permitting 

21 and leasing of projects for the exploration, develop22 ment, and production of the minerals described in 

23 subsection (a); and 


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1 (2) submit to the appropriate congressional com2 mittees recommendations to support the domestic pro3 duction of such minerals. 

4 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

5 of the enactment of this section, the Secretary, in consulta6 tion with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall submit to the 

7 appropriate congressional committees a report regarding 

8 the evaluation carried out under subsection (a), including 

9 a description of how each mineral described in subsection 

10 (a) does or does not meet each requirement of the designa11 tion methodology to determine the eligibility of each such 

12 mineral for inclusion on the critical minerals list. 

13 (d) DESIGNATION.—If, pursuant to the evaluation car14 ried out under subsection (a), the Secretary, in consultation 

15 with the Secretary of Agriculture, determines that a min16 eral described in subsection (a) meets each requirement of 

17 the designation methodology, the Secretary, in consultation 

18 with the Secretary of Agriculture and not later than 45 

19 days after the date on which the report required under sub20 section (c) is submitted, shall designate such mineral as a 

21 critical mineral under section 7002(c)(4) of the Energy Act 

22 of 2020 (30 U.S.C. 1606(c)(4)) and update the critical min23 erals list accordingly. 

24 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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1 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT2 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit3 tees’’ means— 

4 (A) the Committee on Natural Resources 

5 and the Committee on Agriculture of the House 

6 of Representatives; and 

7 (B) the Committee on Energy and Natural 

8 Resources and the Committee on Agriculture, 

9 Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate. 

10 (2) CRITICAL MINERAL.—The term ‘‘critical 

11 mineral’’ has the meaning given the term in section 

12 7002(a) of the Energy Act of 2020 (30 U.S.C. 

13 1606(a)). 

14 (3) CRITICAL MINERALS LIST.—The term ‘‘crit15 ical minerals list’’ means the list of critical minerals 

16 published under section 7002(c)(3) of the Energy Act 

17 of 2020 (30 U.S.C. 1606(c)(3)). 

18 (4) DESIGNATION METHODOLOGY.—The term 

19 ‘‘designation methodology’’ means the methodology 

20 published under section 7002(c)(3) of the Energy Act 

21 of 2020 (30 U.S.C. 1606(c)(3)) as of the date of the 

22 enactment of this section. 

23 (5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

24 the Secretary of the Interior. 


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Union Calendar No. 680 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8450 

[Report No. 118–833] 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to evaluate 

certain minerals for designation as critical minerals. 

DECEMBER 10, 2024 

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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