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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 mate-
rials, 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 pur-
poses. 
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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 ‘‘Securing America’s Crit-
ical Minerals Supply Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY OR-
GANIZATION ACT. 
The Department of Energy Organization Act (42 
U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 2, by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(d) As used in sections 102(20) and 203(a)(12), the 
term ‘critical energy resource’ means any energy resource— 
‘‘(1) that is essential to the energy sector and en-
ergy systems of the United States; and 
‘‘(2) the supply chain of which is vulnerable to 
disruption.’’; 
(2) in section 102, by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(20) To ensure there is an adequate and reliable 
supply of critical energy resources that are essential 
to the energy security of the United States.’’; and 
(3) in section 203(a), by adding at the end the 
following: 
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‘‘(12) Functions that relate to securing the sup-
ply of critical energy resources, including identifying 
and mitigating the effects of a disruption of such sup-
ply on— 
‘‘(A) the development and use of energy 
technologies; and 
‘‘(B) the operation of energy systems.’’. 
SEC. 3. SECURING CRITICAL ENERGY RESOURCE SUPPLY 
CHAINS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the requirements 
of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 
7101 et seq.), the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with 
the appropriate Federal agencies, representatives of the en-
ergy sector, States, and other stakeholders, shall— 
(1) conduct ongoing assessments of— 
(A) energy resource criticality based on the 
importance of critical energy resources to the de-
velopment of energy technologies and the supply 
of energy; 
(B) the critical energy resource supply 
chain of the United States; 
(C) the vulnerability of such supply chain; 
and 
(D) how the energy security of the United 
States is affected by the reliance of the United 
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States on importation of critical energy re-
sources; 
(2) facilitate development of strategies to 
strengthen critical energy resource supply chains in 
the United States, including by— 
(A) diversifying the sources of the supply of 
critical energy resources; and 
(B) increasing domestic production, separa-
tion, and processing of critical energy resources; 
(3) develop substitutes and alternatives to crit-
ical energy resources; and 
(4) improve technology that reuses and recycles 
critical energy resources. 
(b) CRITICAL ENERGY RESOURCE DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘critical energy resource’’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 2 of the Department of Energy 
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 
Act to secure the supply of critical energy re-
sources, including critical minerals and other ma-
terials, and for other purposes. 
MARCH 23, 2023 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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