American Mineral Security Act

Bill: 116-s-1317
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2019-05-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Department of Agriculture
Department of the Interior
Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Indian lands and resources rights
Infrastructure development
Intellectual property
International organizations and cooperation
Licensing and registrations
Manufacturing
Metals
Mining
Performance measurement
Radioactive wastes and releases
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Small business
Solid waste and recycling
Strategic materials and reserves
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Technology transfer and commercialization
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-02
text: 

American Mineral Security Act

 
This bill addresses the availability, development, and production of domestic critical minerals.
 
The President must coordinate the appropriate agencies to implement U.S. policy regarding critical minerals, including to establish an analytical and forecasting capability for identifying critical mineral market factors so as to avoid supply shortages, mitigate price volatility, and prepare for demand growth and other market shifts.
 
Among other things, the bill
 
 
provides statutory authority for the U.S. Geological Survey to designate and update every three years a list of critical minerals;
 
requires a comprehensive national assessment of every critical mineral;
 
directs the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service to complete federal permitting and review processes with maximum efficiency and effectiveness;
 
requires the Department of Energy to conduct a program of research and development to promote the production, use, and recycling of critical minerals, and develop alternatives to critical minerals;
 
directs the Department of Labor to assess the domestic availability of technically trained personnel with the necessary skill set for critical mineral activities;
 
provides for a study to design an interdisciplinary program on critical minerals that will support the critical mineral supply chain and increase domestic critical mineral development;
 
establishes a competitive grant program for institutions of higher education to implement integrated critical mineral education, training, and workforce development programs; and
 
reauthorizes through FY2029 the National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program.
 

action_date: 2019-10-22
text: 

American Mineral Security Act

 
This bill addresses the availability, development, and production of domestic critical minerals.
 
The President must coordinate the appropriate agencies to implement U.S. policy regarding critical minerals, including to establish an analytical and forecasting capability for identifying critical mineral market factors so as to avoid supply shortages, mitigate price volatility, and prepare for demand growth and other market shifts.
 
Among other things, the bill
 
 
provides statutory authority for the U.S. Geological Survey to designate and update every three years a list of critical minerals;
 
requires a comprehensive national assessment of every critical mineral;
 
directs the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service to complete federal permitting and review processes with maximum efficiency and effectiveness;
 
requires the Department of Energy to conduct a program of research and development to promote the production, use, and recycling of critical minerals, and develop alternatives to critical minerals;
 
directs the Department of Labor to assess the domestic availability of technically trained personnel with the necessary skill set for critical mineral activities;
 
provides for a study to design an interdisciplinary program on critical minerals that will support the critical mineral supply chain and increase domestic critical mineral development;
 
establishes a competitive grant program for institutions of higher education to implement integrated critical mineral education, training, and workforce development programs; and
 
reauthorizes through FY2029 the National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-22
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 251.
action_date: 2019-10-22
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-131.
action_date: 2019-10-22
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-131.
action_date: 2019-07-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 116-322.
action_date: 2019-05-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-05-02
text: Introduced in Senate