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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9056 
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 
DECEMBER 28, 2020 
Mr. UPTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
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. 
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 
Critical Minerals Supply Act’’. 
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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 
that— 
‘‘(1) is essential to the energy sector and energy 
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 reli-
able supply of critical energy resources that are es-
sential to the energy security of the United States.’’; 
and 
(3) in section 203(a), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(12) Functions that relate to securing the sup-
ply of critical energy resources, including identifying 
and mitigating the effects of a disruption of such 
supply on— 
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‘‘(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 energy 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 
development of energy technologies and the sup-
ply of energy; 
(B) the critical energy resource supply 
chain of the United States; and 
(C) the vulnerability of such supply chain; 
(2) 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, sepa-
ration, and processing of critical energy re-
sources; 
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(3) develop substitutes and alternatives to crit-
ical energy resources; 
(4) improve technology that reuses and recycles 
critical energy resources; and 
(5) evaluate how the energy security of the 
United States is affected by the reliance of the 
United States on importing 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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