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(C) $35,000,000 for fiscal year 2023. 
(i) CRITICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH DATABASE AND INFORMATION 
PORTAL.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the program established 
under subsection (g)(1), the Secretary and the Secretary of 
Energy (referred to in this subsection as the ‘‘Secretaries’’), 
in consultation with the Director of the National Science 
Foundation, shall establish and operate a Critical Materials 
Information Portal (referred to in this subsection as the 
‘‘Portal’’) to collect, catalogue, disseminate, and archive informa-
tion on critical materials. 
(2) COOPERATION.—In carrying out paragraph (1), the Sec-
retaries shall leverage the expertise of the National Minerals 
Information Center, the Office of Scientific and Technical 
Information, and the Critical Materials Consortium established 
under subsection (g)(8)(A). 
(3) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Portal is to support the 
development of a web-based platform to provide public access 
to a database of computed information on known and predicted 
critical materials and related material properties and computa-
tional tools in order— 
(A) to accelerate breakthroughs in critical materials 
identification and design; 
(B) to strengthen the foundation for technologies that 
will enable more sustainable recycling, substitution, use, 
and recovery and minimize the environmental impacts of 
methods for extraction, processing, and manufacturing of 
critical materials; and 
(C) to drive the development of advanced materials 
for applications that span the missions of the Department 
of Energy and the Department of the Interior (referred 
to in this subsection as the ‘‘Departments’’) in energy, 
environment, and national security. 
(4) ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out this subsection, the Secre-
taries shall— 
(A) conduct cooperative research with industry, aca-
demia, and other research institutions to facilitate the 
design of novel materials, including critical materials and 
substitutes for critical materials; 
(B) leverage existing high-performance computing sys-
tems to conduct high throughput calculations and develop 
computing and data mining algorithms for the prediction 
of material properties, including a focus on critical mate-
rials; 
(C) leverage and support research in mineralogy and 
mineral chemistry to enhance the understanding, pre-
diction, and manipulation of critical materials; 
(D) assist scientists and engineers in making the fullest 
possible use of the relevant data holdings of the Depart-
ments, including the scientific and technical data generated 
by the research and development activities funded under 
subsection (g); 
(E) seek and incorporate other information on critical 
materials to enhance the Departments’ utility for program 
participants and other users; and 
(F) manage and make available to researchers and 
the public accessible, curated, standardized, secure, and
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privacy-protected data sets from the public and private 
sectors for the purposes of critical materials research and 
development activities. 
(5) PROPRIETARY INFORMATION.—In carrying out this sub-
section, the Secretaries shall ensure, consistent with section 
5(f) of the National Materials and Minerals Policy, Research 
and Development Act of 1980 (30 U.S.C. 1604(f)), that— 
(A) no person uses the information and data collected 
for the Portal for a purpose other than the development 
of, or reporting of, aggregate data in a manner such that 
the identity of the person or firm who supplied the informa-
tion is not discernible and is not material to the intended 
uses of the information; 
(B) no person discloses any information or data col-
lected for the Portal unless the information or data has 
been transformed into a statistical or aggregate form that 
does not allow the identification of the person or firm 
who supplied particular information; and 
(C) procedures are established to require the with-
holding of any information or data collected for the Portal 
if at least 1 of the Secretaries determines that the with-
holding is necessary to protect proprietary information, 
including any trade secrets or other confidential informa-
tion. 
(j) ANALYSIS AND FORECASTING.— 
(1) CAPABILITIES.—In order to evaluate existing critical 
mineral policies and inform future actions that may be taken 
to avoid supply shortages, mitigate price volatility, and prepare 
for demand growth and other market shifts, the Secretary 
(acting through the Director of the United States Geological 
Survey) or a designee of the Secretary, in consultation with 
the Energy Information Administration, academic institutions, 
and others in order to maximize the application of existing 
competencies related to developing and maintaining computer- 
models and similar analytical tools, shall conduct and publish 
the results of an annual report that includes— 
(A) as part of the annually published Mineral Com-
modity Summaries from the United States Geological 
Survey, a comprehensive review of critical mineral produc-
tion, consumption, and recycling patterns, including— 
(i) the quantity of each critical mineral domesti-
cally produced during the preceding year; 
(ii) the quantity of each critical mineral domesti-
cally consumed during the preceding year; 
(iii) market price data or other price data for each 
critical mineral; 
(iv) an assessment of— 
(I) critical mineral requirements to meet the 
national security, energy, economic, industrial, 
technological, and other needs of the United States 
during the preceding year; 
(II) the reliance of the United States on foreign 
sources to meet those needs during the preceding 
year; and 
(III) the implications of any supply shortages, 
restrictions, or disruptions during the preceding 
year;
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(v) the quantity of each critical mineral domesti-
cally recycled during the preceding year; 
(vi) the market penetration during the preceding 
year of alternatives to each critical mineral; 
(vii) a discussion of international trends associated 
with the discovery, production, consumption, use, costs 
of production, prices, and recycling of each critical min-
eral as well as the development of alternatives to crit-
ical minerals; and 
(viii) such other data, analyses, and evaluations 
as the Secretary finds are necessary to achieve the 
purposes of this subsection; and 
(B) a comprehensive forecast, entitled the ‘‘Annual Crit-
ical Minerals Outlook’’, of projected critical mineral produc-
tion, consumption, and recycling patterns, including— 
(i) the quantity of each critical mineral projected 
to be domestically produced over the subsequent 1- 
year, 5-year, and 10-year periods; 
(ii) the quantity of each critical mineral projected 
to be domestically consumed over the subsequent 1- 
year, 5-year, and 10-year periods; 
(iii) an assessment of— 
(I) critical mineral requirements to meet pro-
jected national security, energy, economic, indus-
trial, technological, and other needs of the United 
States; 
(II) the projected reliance of the United States 
on foreign sources to meet those needs; and 
(III) the projected implications of potential 
supply shortages, restrictions, or disruptions; 
(iv) the quantity of each critical mineral projected 
to be domestically recycled over the subsequent 1-year, 
5-year, and 10-year periods; 
(v) the market penetration of alternatives to each 
critical mineral projected to take place over the subse-
quent 1-year, 5-year, and 10-year periods; 
(vi) a discussion of reasonably foreseeable inter-
national trends associated with the discovery, produc-
tion, consumption, use, costs of production, and 
recycling of each critical mineral as well as the develop-
ment of alternatives to critical minerals; and 
(vii) such other projections relating to each critical 
mineral as the Secretary determines to be necessary 
to achieve the purposes of this subsection. 
(2) PROPRIETARY
INFORMATION.—In preparing a report 
described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall ensure, con-
sistent with section 5(f) of the National Materials and Minerals 
Policy, Research and Development Act of 1980 (30 U.S.C. 
1604(f)), that— 
(A) no person uses the information and data collected 
for the report for a purpose other than the development 
of or reporting of aggregate data in a manner such that 
the identity of the person or firm who supplied the informa-
tion is not discernible and is not material to the intended 
uses of the information; 
(B) no person discloses any information or data col-
lected for the report unless the information or data has
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been transformed into a statistical or aggregate form that 
does not allow the identification of the person or firm 
who supplied particular information; and 
(C) procedures are established to require the with-
holding of any information or data collected for the report 
if the Secretary determines that withholding is necessary 
to protect proprietary information, including any trade 
secrets or other confidential information. 
(k) EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE.— 
(1) WORKFORCE ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 1 year and 
300 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Labor (in consultation with the Secretary, the Director of 
the National Science Foundation, institutions of higher edu-
cation with substantial expertise in mining, institutions of 
higher education with significant expertise in minerals 
research, including fundamental research into alternatives, and 
employers in the critical minerals sector) shall submit to Con-
gress an assessment of the domestic availability of technically 
trained personnel necessary for critical mineral exploration, 
development, assessment, production, manufacturing, recycling, 
analysis, forecasting, education, and research, including an 
analysis of— 
(A) skills that are in the shortest supply as of the 
date of the assessment; 
(B) skills that are projected to be in short supply 
in the future; 
(C) the demographics of the critical minerals industry 
and how the demographics will evolve under the influence 
of factors such as an aging workforce; 
(D) the effectiveness of training and education pro-
grams in addressing skills shortages; 
(E) opportunities to hire locally for new and existing 
critical mineral activities; 
(F) the sufficiency of personnel within relevant areas 
of the Federal Government for achieving the policies 
described in section 3 of the National Materials and Min-
erals Policy, Research and Development Act of 1980 (30 
U.S.C. 1602); and 
(G) the potential need for new training programs to 
have a measurable effect on the supply of trained workers 
in the critical minerals industry. 
(2) CURRICULUM STUDY.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary and the Secretary of 
Labor shall jointly enter into an arrangement with the 
National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy 
of Engineering under which the Academies shall coordinate 
with the National Science Foundation on conducting a 
study— 
(i) to design an interdisciplinary program on crit-
ical minerals that will support the critical mineral 
supply chain and improve the ability of the United 
States to increase domestic, critical mineral explo-
ration, 
development, 
production, 
manufacturing, 
research, including fundamental research into alter-
natives, and recycling;
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(ii) to address undergraduate and graduate edu-
cation, especially to assist in the development of grad-
uate level programs of research and instruction that 
lead to advanced degrees with an emphasis on the 
critical mineral supply chain or other positions that 
will increase domestic, critical mineral exploration, 
development, production, manufacturing, research, 
including fundamental research into alternatives, and 
recycling; 
(iii) to develop guidelines for proposals from 
institutions of higher education with substantial 
capabilities in the required disciplines for activities 
to improve the critical mineral supply chain and 
advance the capacity of the United States to increase 
domestic, 
critical 
mineral 
exploration, 
research, 
development, 
production, 
manufacturing, 
and 
recycling; and 
(iv) to outline criteria for evaluating performance 
and recommendations for the amount of funding that 
will be necessary to establish and carry out the pro-
gram described in paragraph (3). 
(B) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
Congress a description of the results of the study required 
under subparagraph (A). 
(3) PROGRAM.— 
(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary and the Secretary 
of Labor shall jointly conduct a competitive grant program 
under which institutions of higher education may apply 
for and receive 4-year grants for— 
(i) startup costs for newly designated faculty posi-
tions in integrated critical mineral education, research, 
innovation, training, and workforce development pro-
grams consistent with paragraph (2); 
(ii) internships, scholarships, and fellowships for 
students enrolled in programs related to critical min-
erals; 
(iii) equipment necessary for integrated critical 
mineral innovation, training, and workforce develop-
ment programs; and 
(iv) research of critical minerals and their applica-
tions, particularly concerning the manufacture of crit-
ical components vital to national security. 
(B) RENEWAL.—A grant under this paragraph shall 
be renewable for up to 2 additional 3-year terms based 
on performance criteria outlined under paragraph (2)(A)(iv). 
(l) NATIONAL GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL DATA PRESERVA-
TION PROGRAM.—Section 351(k) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 
(42 U.S.C. 15908(k)) is amended by striking ‘‘ $30,000,000 for each 
of fiscal years 2006 through 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘ $5,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2021 through 2029, to remain available until 
expended’’. 
(m) AMENDMENTS TO THE NATIONAL MATERIALS AND MINERALS, 
POLICY, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1980.— 
(1) PROGRAM PLAN.—Section 5 of the National Materials 
and Minerals Policy, Research and Development Act of 1980 
(30 U.S.C. 1604) is amended—
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specified in the National Critical Materials Act of 1984 (30 
U.S.C. 1801 et seq.),’’. 
(3) SAVINGS CLAUSES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this section or an amend-
ment made by this section modifies any requirement or 
authority provided by— 
(i) the matter under the heading ‘‘geological
survey’’ 
of the first section of the Act of March 3, 1879 (43 
U.S.C. 31(a)); or 
(ii) the first section of Public Law 87–626 (43 
U.S.C. 31(b)). 
(B) EFFECT ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.—Nothing in 
this section or an amendment made by this section affects 
the authority of the Secretary of Defense with respect 
to the work of the Department of Defense on critical mate-
rial supplies in furtherance of the national defense mission 
of the Department of Defense. 
(C) SECRETARIAL ORDER NOT AFFECTED.—This section 
shall not apply to any mineral described in Secretarial 
Order No. 3324, issued by the Secretary on December 3, 
2012, in any area to which the order applies. 
(o) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized 
to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section 
$50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2029. 
SEC. 7003. MONITORING MINERAL INVESTMENTS UNDER BELT AND 
ROAD INITIATIVE OF PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence 
(referred to in this section as the ‘‘Director’’), in consultation with 
the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary 
of Commerce, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, 
and the United States Trade Representative, shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a report on investments in 
minerals under the Belt and Road Initiative of the People’s Republic 
of China that includes an assessment of— 
(1) notable past mineral investments; 
(2) whether and how such investments have increased the 
extent of control of minerals by the People’s Republic of China; 
(3) any efforts by the People’s Republic of China to counter 
or interfere with the goals of the Energy Resource Governance 
Initiative of the Department of State; and 
(4) the strategy of the People’s Republic of China with 
respect to mineral investments. 
(b) MONITORING MECHANISM.—In conjunction with each report 
required by subsection (a), the Director shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a list of any minerals with respect 
to which— 
(1) the People’s Republic of China, directly or through 
the Belt and Road Initiative— 
(A) is increasing its concentration of extraction and 
processing; 
(B) is acquiring significant mining and processing 
facilities; 
(C) is maintaining or increasing export restrictions; 
or
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(D) has achieved substantial control of the supply of 
minerals used within an industry or related minerals; 
(2) there is a significant difference between domestic prices 
in the People’s Republic of China as compared to prices on 
international markets; or 
(3) there is a significant increase or volatility in price 
as a result of the Belt and Road Initiative of the People’s 
Republic of China. 
(c) CRITICAL MINERAL EVALUATION.—For any mineral included 
on the list required by subsection (b) that is not already designated 
as critical by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to section 
7002(c), the Director shall— 
(1) determine, in consultation with the Secretary of the 
Interior, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Commerce, 
the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, and the United 
States Trade Representative, whether the mineral is strategic 
and critical to the defense or national security of the United 
States; and 
(2) make a recommendation to the Secretary of the Interior 
regarding the designation of the mineral under section 7002(c). 
(d) ANNUAL UPDATES.—The Director shall update the report 
required by subsection (a) and list required by subsection (b) not 
less frequently than annually. 
(e) FORM.—Each report or list required by this section shall 
be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified 
annex. 
(f) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 
means— 
(1) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, the 
Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Armed 
Services, the Committee on Finance, the Committee on Home-
land Security and Governmental Affairs, the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and the Committee 
on Appropriations of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Energy and Commerce, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Armed Services, 
the Committee on Ways and Means, the Committee on Home-
land Security, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives. 
TITLE VIII—GRID MODERNIZATION 
SEC. 8001. SMART GRID REGIONAL DEMONSTRATION INITIATIVE. 
Section 1304 of the Energy Independence and Security Act 
of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17384) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘research, development, 
and demonstration’’ before ‘‘program’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a smart 
grid regional demonstration initiative (referred to in this sub-
section as the ‘Initiative’) composed of demonstration projects 
focused on cost-effective, advanced technologies for use in power 
grid sensing, communications, analysis, power flow control, vis-
ualization, distribution automation, industrial control systems,
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dynamic line rating systems, grid redesign, and the integration 
of distributed energy resources.’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(ii) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(iii) by inserting at the end the following: 
‘‘(F) to encourage the commercial application of 
advanced distribution automation technologies that exert 
intelligent control over electrical grid functions at the dis-
tribution level to improve system resilience.’’. 
SEC. 8002. SMART GRID MODELING, VISUALIZATION, ARCHITECTURE, 
AND CONTROLS. 
Title XIII of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 
2007 (42 U.S.C. 17381 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 
1304 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 1304A. SMART GRID MODELING, VISUALIZATION, ARCHITEC-
TURE, AND CONTROLS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the enactment 
of this section, the Secretary shall establish a program of research, 
development, demonstration, and commercial application on electric 
grid modeling, sensing, visualization, architecture development, and 
advanced operation and controls. 
‘‘(b) MODELING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.—The Secretary 
shall support development of models of emerging technologies and 
systems to facilitate the secure and reliable design, planning, and 
operation of the electric grid for use by industry stakeholders. 
In particular, the Secretary shall support development of— 
‘‘(1) models to analyze and predict the effects of adverse 
physical and cyber events on the electric grid; 
‘‘(2) coupled models of electrical, physical, and cyber sys-
tems; 
‘‘(3) models of existing and emerging technologies being 
deployed on the electric grid due to projected changes in the 
electric generation mix and loads, for a variety of regional 
characteristics; and 
‘‘(4) integrated models of the communications, transmission, 
distribution, and other interdependent systems for existing, 
new, and emerging technologies. 
‘‘(c) SITUATIONAL AWARENESS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall support development 
of computational tools and technologies to improve sensing, 
monitoring, and visualization of the electric grid for real-time 
situational awareness and decision support tools that enable 
improved operation of the power system, including utility, non- 
utility, and customer grid-connected assets, for use by industry 
partners. 
‘‘(2) DATA
USE.—In developing visualization capabilities 
under this section, the Secretary shall develop tools for industry 
stakeholders to use to analyze data collected from advanced 
measurement and monitoring technologies, including data from 
phasor measurement units and advanced metering units.
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‘‘(3) SEVERE
EVENTS.—The Secretary shall prioritize 
enhancing cyber and physical situational awareness of the elec-
tric grid during adverse manmade and naturally-occurring 
events. 
‘‘(d) OPERATION AND CONTROLS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.— 
The Secretary shall conduct research to develop improvements to 
the operation and controls of the electric grid, in coordination with 
industry partners. Such activities shall include— 
‘‘(1) a training facility or facilities to allow grid operators 
to gain operational experience with advanced grid control con-
cepts and technologies; 
‘‘(2) development of cost-effective advanced operation and 
control concepts and technologies, such as adaptive islanding, 
dynamic line rating systems, power flow controllers, network 
topology optimization, smart circuit breakers, intelligent load 
shedding, and fault-tolerant control system architectures; 
‘‘(3) development of real-time control concepts using artifi-
cial intelligence and machine learning for improved electric 
grid resilience; and 
‘‘(4) utilization of advanced data analytics including load 
forecasting, power flow modeling, equipment failure prediction, 
resource optimization, risk analysis, and decision analysis. 
‘‘(e) INTEROPERABILITY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.—The Sec-
retary shall conduct research and development on tools and tech-
nologies that improve the interoperability and compatibility of new 
and emerging components, technologies, and systems with existing 
electric grid infrastructure. 
‘‘(f) UNDERGROUND TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION LINES.— 
In carrying out the program under subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall support research and development on underground trans-
mission and distribution lines. This shall include research on— 
‘‘(1) methods for lowering the costs of underground trans-
mission and distribution lines, including through novel installa-
tion techniques and materials considerations; 
‘‘(2) techniques to improve the lifespan of underground 
transmission and distribution lines; 
‘‘(3) wireless sensors to improve safety of underground 
transmission and distribution lines and to predict, identify, 
detect, and transmit information about degradation and faults; 
and 
‘‘(4) methods for improving the resilience and reliability 
of underground transmission and distribution lines, including 
technologies and techniques that can mitigate the impact of 
flooding, storm surge, and seasonal climate cycles on degrada-
tion of and damage to underground transmission and distribu-
tion lines. 
‘‘(g) GRID ARCHITECTURE AND SCENARIO DEVELOPMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (3), the Secretary 
shall establish and facilitate a collaborative process to develop 
model grid architecture and a set of future scenarios for the 
electric grid to examine the impacts of different combinations 
of resources (including different quantities of distributed energy 
resources and large-scale, central generation) on the electric 
grid. 
‘‘(2) ARCHITECTURE.—In supporting the development of 
model grid architectures, the Secretary shall—