commodities and resources, international mineral in-
dustry activities, and international mineral com-
modity markets. 
SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF MINERAL COMMODITY INFOR-
MATION ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the Min-
eral Commodity Information Administration, which shall 
be under the general direction and supervision of the Sec-
retary of the Interior and shall not be affiliated with or 
be within any other agency or bureau of the Department 
of the Interior. 
(b) ADMINISTRATOR.—The management of the Ad-
ministration shall be vested in an Administrator, who shall 
be appointed from by the President, by and with the ad-
vice and consent of the Senate, from among individuals 
who have outstanding qualifications with a broad back-
ground and substantial experience in the mineral indus-
tries and in the management of mineral resources. 
(c) OTHER OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There shall be in the Admin-
istration an Associate Administrator and 4 Assistant 
Administrators who shall perform, in accordance 
with applicable law, such functions as the Adminis-
trator shall assign to them in accordance with this 
Act. The functions the Administrator shall assign to 
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the Assistant Administrators shall include the fol-
lowing functions: 
(A) Commodity information and analysis, 
including development and maintenance of— 
(i) historical and current mineral com-
modity information, including the degree of 
import dependence of the United States; 
(ii) international mineral commodity 
and resource information; 
(iii) domestic mineral commodity and 
resource information by State, county, and 
region; 
(iv) material flow and recycling anal-
ysis, showing disposition in the United 
States of mined materials into stocks in 
use, waste, and residuals; and 
(v) ongoing analysis of United States 
mineral commodity exports, and analysis of 
imports of mineral commodities and proc-
essed materials of mineral origin that are 
destined for consumption in the United 
States, categorized by the country of ori-
gin. 
(B) Mineral industry analysis, including 
the continuing assessment and analysis of 
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events, trends, and issues affecting the minerals 
sector of the domestic economy, including explo-
ration spending and activity, mineral production 
trends, mineral stocks and inventories, merger 
and acquisitions activity, and labor and work-
force trends. 
(C) Data acquisition and analysis, includ-
ing management of data collection, statistical 
analysis, analytical forecasting and modeling, 
and regular data quality assessments. 
(D) Information systems and services, in-
cluding information technology management, 
publications and production dissemination, and 
library services. 
(E) External affairs, including congres-
sional and legislative liaison, communications, 
and public affairs, and international and inter-
governmental affairs. 
(F) Budget, financial, and human resource 
management, including budget and financial 
management, human capital management, em-
ployee training, professional development, pro-
curement and contract management, and small 
business support. 
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(2) TRANSFER OF EXISTING POSITIONS.—With-
in 30 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall transfer to 
the Administrator the following positions: 
(A) UNITED
STATES
GEOLOGICAL
SUR-
VEY.—From the United States Geological Sur-
vey, not less than 200 full-time equivalent posi-
tions, including all filled and unfilled commodity 
and country specialists within the United States 
Geological Survey Minerals Information Team 
immediately before the enactment of this Act. 
(B) DEPARTMENT
OF
INTERIOR, GEN-
ERALLY.—From the Department of the Interior 
generally not less that 100 full time equivalent 
positions of an administrative nature, including 
communications and public affairs specialists, 
congressional and legislative liaison specialists, 
human resources personnel, librarians, adminis-
trative assistants, information technology man-
agement specialists, publication service special-
ists, and budget analysts. 
(3) SUBSEQUENT
APPOINTMENTS.—The Ad-
ministrator may appoint such employees as may be 
necessary to positions that are transferred under 
paragraph (2), but vacant on the date of the trans-
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