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Union Calendar No. 288 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 981 

[Report No. 113–389] 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a global rare earth element 

assessment, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 6, 2013 

Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia (for himself and Mr. MARKEY) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

APRIL 1, 2014 

Additional sponsors: Mr. HOLT, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, 

Mr. GARAMENDI, and Mr. CICILLINE

APRIL 1, 2014 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


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A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a global 

rare earth element assessment, 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 ‘‘Resource Assessment 

5 of Rare Earths Act of 2013’’ or the ‘‘RARE Act of 2013’’. 

6 SEC. 2. GLOBAL RARE EARTH ELEMENT RESOURCE AS7 SESSMENT. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after the 

9 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Inte10 rior, acting through the Director of the United States Geo11 logical Survey and in coordination with the heads of na12 tional geological surveys where available, shall submit to 

13 the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Rep14 resentatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 

15 Resources of the Senate a comprehensive report on global 

16 rare earth element resources and potential future global 

17 supply. Such report shall use the best available data and 

18 include— 

19 (1) the identity and quantity of individual rare 

20 earth elements in known deposits; 

21 (2) models demonstrating the geologic condi22 tions necessary for the formation, and the variability 

23 in composition, of the most significant deposits of 

24 rare earth elements; 


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1 (3) regional assessments of the likelihood of oc2 currence of undiscovered deposits and an estimate of 

3 the quantity of rare earth elements thought to be 

4 present; 

5 (4) recommendations, developed in consultation 

6 with other appropriate agencies, on areas of need for 

7 future geologic research related to— 

8 (A) rare earth elements; and 

9 (B) other minerals that are critical based 

10 on the impact of a potential supply restriction 

11 and the likelihood of a supply restriction; and 

12 (5) analysis, developed with participation by the 

13 National Minerals Information Center and in con14 sultation with appropriate agencies, of the rare earth 

15 elements supply chain and associated processes and 

16 products, including mining, processing, separation, 

17 metal production, alloy production, and manufac18 turing of products sold to end users. 

19 (b) RARE EARTH ELEMENT.—In this section the 

20 term ‘‘rare earth element’’ means— 

21 (1) any element in the lanthanides group of ele22 ments, which consists of lanthanum, cerium, praseo23 dymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, euro24 pium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, 

25 erbium, thulium, ytterbium, and lutetium; 


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1 (2) yttrium; and 

2 (3) scandium. 

3 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

4 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Inte5 rior to carry out this section $10,000,000 for the period 

6 of fiscal years 2014 through 2016. 


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Union Calendar No. 288 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 981 

[Report No. 113–389] 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct 

other purposes. a global rare earth element assessment, and for 

APRIL 1, 2014 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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