I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3896 
To amend the Better Utilization of Investments Leading to Development 
Act of 2018 to authorize support in high-income economy countries 
for projects involving development or processing of covered critical mate-
rials if such support furthers the national security interests of the United 
States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 15, 2021 
Mr. CARTER of Georgia (for himself and Ms. TITUS) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend the Better Utilization of Investments Leading 
to Development Act of 2018 to authorize support in 
high-income economy countries for projects involving de-
velopment or processing of covered critical materials if 
such support furthers the national security interests of 
the United States. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Critical Mineral Access 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO BETTER UTILIZATION OF INVEST-
MENTS LEADING TO DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 
2018. 
Section 1412(b) of the Better Utilization of Invest-
ments Leading to Development Act of 2018 (22 U.S.C. 
9612(b)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The purpose’’ and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The purpose’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘shall be to’’ and inserting the 
following: ‘‘shall be— 
‘‘(A) to’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘the United States.’’ and insert-
ing the following: ‘‘the United States; and 
‘‘(B) to provide support under title II in 
high-income economy countries for projects in-
volving development or processing of covered 
critical materials if such support furthers the 
national security interests of the United 
States.’’; 
(4) by striking ‘‘In carrying out’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(2) CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN CRITERIA.— 
In carrying out’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—In paragraph (1)(B): 
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‘‘(A) COVERED CRITICAL MATERIALS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘covered 
critical materials’ means aluminum (baux-
ite), antimony, arsenic, barite, beryllium, 
bismuth, 
cesium, 
chromium, 
cobalt, 
fluorspar, gallium, germanium, graphite 
(natural), hafnium, helium, indium, lith-
ium, magnesium, manganese, niobium, 
platinum group metals, potash, the rare 
earth elements group, rhenium, rubidium, 
scandium, strontium, tantalum, tellurium, 
tin, titanium, tungsten, uranium, vana-
dium, and zirconium. 
‘‘(ii) 
RARE
EARTH
ELEMENTS 
GROUP.—In clause (i), the term ‘rare earth 
elements group’ means lanthanum, cerium, 
praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, 
samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, 
dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, yt-
terbium, lutetium, scandium, yttrium. 
‘‘(B) HIGH-INCOME ECONOMY COUNTRY.— 
The term ‘high-income economy country’ means 
a country with a high-income economy, as de-
fined by the International Bank for Reconstruc-
tion and Development and the International 
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