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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1599 

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 

MARCH 3, 2021 

Mr. UPTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Energy and Commerce 

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 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 

5 Critical Minerals Supply Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY OR2 GANIZATION ACT. 

3 The Department of Energy Organization Act (42 

4 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) is amended— 

5 (1) in section 2, by adding at the end the fol6 lowing: 

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

8 term ‘critical energy resource’ means any energy resource 

9 that— 

10 ‘‘(1) is essential to the energy sector and energy 

11 systems of the United States; and 

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

13 disruption.’’; 

14 (2) in section 102, by adding at the end the fol15 lowing: 

16 ‘‘(20) To ensure there is an adequate and reli17 able supply of critical energy resources that are es18 sential to the energy security of the United States.’’; 

19 and 

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

21 following: 

22 ‘‘(12) Functions that relate to securing the sup23 ply of critical energy resources, including identifying 

24 and mitigating the effects of a disruption of such 

25 supply on— 


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

2 technologies; and 

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

4 SEC. 3. SECURING CRITICAL ENERGY RESOURCE SUPPLY 

5 CHAINS. 

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

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

8 7101 et seq.), the Secretary of Energy, in consultation 

9 with the appropriate Federal agencies, representatives of 

10 the energy sector, States, and other stakeholders, shall— 

11 (1) conduct ongoing assessments of— 

12 (A) energy resource criticality based on the 

13 importance of critical energy resources to the 

14 development of energy technologies and the sup15 ply of energy; 

16 (B) the critical energy resource supply 

17 chain of the United States; and 

18 (C) the vulnerability of such supply chain; 

19 (2) strengthen critical energy resource supply 

20 chains in the United States, including by— 

21 (A) diversifying the sources of the supply 

22 of critical energy resources; and 

23 (B) increasing domestic production, sepa24 ration, and processing of critical energy re25 sources; 


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1 (3) develop substitutes and alternatives to crit2 ical energy resources; 

3 (4) improve technology that reuses and recycles 

4 critical energy resources; and 

5 (5) evaluate how the energy security of the 

6 United States is affected by the reliance of the 

7 United States on importing critical energy resources. 

8 (b) CRITICAL ENERGY RESOURCE DEFINED.—In 

9 this section, the term ‘‘critical energy resource’’ has the 

10 meaning given such term in section 2 of the Department 

11 of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101). 

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