I 
119TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7126 
To establish a Strategic Resilience Reserve of the United States, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 15, 2026 
Mr. WITTMAN (for himself and Mr. MOOLENAAR) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addi-
tion to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish a Strategic Resilience Reserve of the United 
States, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Securing Essential and Critical U.S. Resources and Ele-
ments Minerals Act of 2026’’ or the ‘‘SECURE Minerals 
Act of 2026’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings. 
Sec. 3. Definitions. 
TITLE I—ESTABLISHMENT AND BOARD OF GOVERNORS 
Sec. 101. Establishment. 
Sec. 102. Board of governors. 
TITLE II—DUTIES AND AUTHORITIES OF THE RESERVE 
Sec. 201. General authorities. 
Sec. 202. Identification of eligible critical minerals and materials. 
Sec. 203. Data collection. 
Sec. 204. Critical mineral and material market risk and vulnerability assess-
ment. 
Sec. 205. Production standards. 
Sec. 206. Financing and acquisition of critical minerals or materials. 
Sec. 207. Sale of critical minerals or materials. 
TITLE III—ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Sec. 301. Corporate powers. 
Sec. 302. Records and accounts. 
TITLE IV—OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY 
Sec. 401. Risk and audit committees. 
Sec. 402. Annual audit and comptroller review. 
Sec. 403. Reporting and transparency. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) critical minerals and materials are essential 
to the ongoing economic and national security of the 
United States, playing a vital role in the manufac-
turing, transportation, medical, technology, defense, 
and energy sectors; 
(2) the global demand for critical minerals and 
materials has been rapidly increasing due to ad-
vancements in technology, whether defense, dual-use, 
or commercial, and the increasing adoption of re-
newable energy sources and next-generation auto-
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motive systems, all of which rely heavily on critical 
minerals and materials for the production of bat-
teries, solar panels, wind turbines, high-speed com-
puting, advanced magnetic systems, and other high- 
tech applications; 
(3) the People’s Republic of China— 
(A) currently controls a significant portion 
of the global supply chain for critical minerals 
and materials through extensive mining, inte-
grated midstream operations, significant domes-
tic subsidies and incentives, and strategic in-
vestments in resource-rich countries, domi-
nating the global market infrastructure for crit-
ical minerals and materials and enhancing the 
ability of the People’s Republic of China to ma-
nipulate pricing to the detriment of competi-
tors; 
(B) centrally controls its dominant market 
share across multiple critical mineral vertical 
markets, preventing fair competition and hin-
dering the ability of United States firms and 
firms in partner countries to innovate and scale 
production; 
(C) predatorily leverages its position as 
sponsor or consumer, as applicable, over mining 
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projects globally, resulting in a dearth of feed-
stocks to the great detriment of downstream in-
dustries, regions, and countries, including the 
United States; 
(D) the integrated operations of which are 
subservient to the Chinese state, is calibrated to 
weaponize its influence over prices and volumes 
in the contest for access to critical minerals and 
materials, as well as the end-use components 
and applications produced from critical min-
erals and materials; and 
(E) acts to undercut efforts in the United 
States and partner countries to develop alter-
native sources of supply; 
(4) producers of critical minerals and materials 
in the United States often face artificially low prices 
set by supply chains controlled by the People’s Re-
public of China, discouraging private investment in 
domestic extraction and processing; 
(5) the lack of transparent, competitive, and 
market-driven pricing mechanisms for critical min-
erals and materials outside of the People’s Republic 
of China compounds market problems, creating sys-
temic risk and limiting the viability of an inde-
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pendent supply chain for critical minerals and mate-
rials in the United States; 
(6) the United States is heavily reliant on im-
ports for many of the most critical minerals and ma-
terials, including rare earth elements, making the 
United States vulnerable to supply disruptions, geo-
political tensions, and economic manipulation by 
countries that dominate the market, specifically the 
People’s Republic of China; 
(7) the vulnerabilities to the United States de-
fense industrial base posed by reliance on imports of 
critical minerals and materials are significant, and 
given the long lead times for investments in both 
mining and processing of critical minerals, domestic 
critical minerals production projects are particularly 
susceptible to price shocks induced by the People’s 
Republic of China, which can depress critical min-
eral prices for an extended period; 
(8) increasing domestic primary feedstock pro-
duction, processing, conversion, recycling, reuse, and 
repurposing to advanced materials and products, as 
well as increasing alternative market supply in part-
ner countries, are imperative to reduce the impact of 
market manipulation by foreign state actors, such as 
the People’s Republic of China; 
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(9) the United States must ensure that a stable 
and secure supply chain of essential resources is 
available to our domestic innovation and manufac-
turing ecosystems; 
(10) sustainable and responsible corporate be-
havior in the direct operations of companies and 
across their global value chains is important to en-
suring a resilient domestic critical minerals supply; 
(11) investments in domestic extraction and 
processing 
infrastructure, 
as 
well 
as 
reuse, 
repurposing, and recycling, are necessary to build a 
resilient and diversified supply chain for critical min-
erals and materials, supporting the economic growth 
and national security interests of the United States; 
and 
(12) government support to develop and ensure 
the integrity of Western and partner country mar-
kets for critical minerals and materials as a counter-
measure against the anti-competitive tactics of the 
People’s Republic of China and the supply chain co- 
collaborators of the People’s Republic of China will 
fill the most acute strategic gap, which cannot be 
otherwise achieved by private industry participants 
acting alone. 
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SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Agriculture, Nutri-
tion, and Forestry of the Senate; 
(B) the Committee on Agriculture of the 
House of Representatives; 
(C) the Committee on Armed Services of 
the Senate; 
(D) the Committee on Armed Services of 
the House of Representatives; 
(E) the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs of the Senate; 
(F) the Committee on Financial Services 
of the House of Representatives; 
(G) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate; 
(H) the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce of the House of Representatives; 
(I) the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate; 
(J) the Committee on Natural Resources 
of the House of Representatives; 
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(K) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate; and 
(L) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives. 
(2) AUTHORIZED
INTERMEDIARY.—The term 
‘‘authorized intermediary’’ means an entity that— 
(A) is a private entity; 
(B) has expertise in more than 1 critical 
mineral or material; 
(C) has expertise in commodities trading, 
market making, capital management, or fi-
nance; 
(D) does not have any management influ-
enced by a foreign entity of concern or a citizen 
of a covered country, including any entities af-
filiated with the private entity or the ownership 
of the private entity; 
(E) is not owned, controlled, directed, fi-
nanced, or otherwise influenced, directly or indi-
rectly, in whole or in any part greater than 25 
percent, by a foreign entity of concern, a citizen 
of a covered country, or the government of a 
covered country; and 
(F) has been approved to be an authorized 
intermediary by the Board. 
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(3) BOARD.—The term ‘‘Board’’ means the 
board of governors of the Reserve established by sec-
tion 102(a). 
(4) CHAIRPERSON.—The term ‘‘Chairperson’’ 
means the Chairperson of the Board. 
(5) COVERED
COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘covered 
country’’ means a country that— 
(A) is a covered nation (as defined in sec-
tion 4872(f) of title 10, United States Code); or 
(B) the Secretary of Energy, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Defense, the Sec-
retary of State, and the Director of National 
Intelligence, determines to be engaged in con-
duct that is detrimental to the national security 
or foreign policy of the United States. 
(6) CRITICAL
MINERAL
OR
MATERIAL.—The 
term ‘‘critical mineral or material’’ means mineral or 
material included in the list of eligible critical min-
erals and materials established by the Reserve under 
section 202(a). 
(7) DEPENDENCE RATE.—The term ‘‘depend-
ence rate’’ means the percentage of domestic end-use 
consumption of a critical mineral or material that is 
supplied by production by a foreign entity of concern 
or in a covered country, in aggregate. 
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(8) FOREIGN ENTITY OF CONCERN.—The term 
‘‘foreign entity of concern’’ means a foreign entity 
that— 
(A) meets the requirements described in 
subparagraphs (A), (B), (D), or (E) of section 
10638(3) of the Research and Development, 
Competition, and Innovation Act (42 U.S.C. 
19237(3)); or 
(B)(i) is owned, controlled, directed, fi-
nanced, or otherwise influenced, directly or indi-
rectly, in whole or in any part greater than 25 
percent, by the government of a foreign country 
that is a covered country; or 
(ii) is otherwise subject to the jurisdiction 
or direction of a government of a covered coun-
try. 
(9) PARTNER
COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘partner 
country’’ means— 
(A) a member country of the North Atlan-
tic Treaty Organization; 
(B) a country that has been designated as 
a major non-NATO ally under section 517 of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2321k); or 
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(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—A mineral or material 
may only be included on the list of eligible critical 
minerals and materials established under subsection 
(a) if— 
(A) the mineral or material is— 
(i) included on the list of critical min-
erals published by the United States Geo-
logical Survey pursuant to section 7002(c) 
of the Energy Act of 2020 (30 U.S.C. 
1606(c)); 
(ii) included on the list of critical ma-
terials published by the Department of En-
ergy pursuant to section 7002(a) of the 
Energy Act of 2020 (30 U.S.C. 1606(a)); 
or 
(iii) a material of interest designated 
by the Director of the Defense Logistics 
Agency; and 
(B) the Reserve determines that the min-
eral or material— 
(i) is a non-fuel mineral or material; 
(ii) has a vulnerable or highly con-
centrated supply chain; and 
(iii) is necessary— 
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