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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 981 
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 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a global 
rare earth element assessment, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Resource Assessment 
of Rare Earths Act of 2013’’ or the ‘‘RARE Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. GLOBAL RARE EARTH ELEMENT RESOURCE AS-
SESSMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Inte-
rior, acting through the Director of the United States Geo-
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logical Survey and in coordination with the heads of na-
tional geological surveys where available, shall submit to 
the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate a comprehensive report on global 
rare earth element resources and potential future global 
supply. Such report shall use the best available data and 
include— 
(1) the identity and quantity of individual rare 
earth elements in known deposits; 
(2) models demonstrating the geologic condi-
tions necessary for the formation, and the variability 
in composition, of the most significant deposits of 
rare earth elements; 
(3) regional assessments of the likelihood of oc-
currence of undiscovered deposits and an estimate of 
the quantity of rare earth elements thought to be 
present; 
(4) recommendations, developed in consultation 
with other appropriate agencies, on areas of need for 
future geologic research related to— 
(A) rare earth elements; and 
(B) other minerals that are critical based 
on the impact of a potential supply restriction 
and the likelihood of a supply restriction; and 
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(5) analysis, developed with participation by the 
National Minerals Information Center and in con-
sultation with appropriate agencies, of the rare earth 
elements supply chain and associated processes and 
products, including mining, processing, separation, 
metal production, alloy production, and manufac-
turing of products sold to end users. 
(b) RARE EARTH ELEMENT.—In this section the 
term ‘‘rare earth element’’ means— 
(1) any element in the lanthanides group of ele-
ments, which consists of lanthanum, cerium, praseo-
dymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, euro-
pium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, 
erbium, thulium, ytterbium, and lutetium; 
(2) yttrium; and 
(3) scandium. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Inte-
rior to carry out this section $10,000,000 for the period 
of fiscal years 2014 through 2016. 
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