Critical Minerals Classification Improvement Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8045
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11]
Introduced: 2022-06-13
Policy area: Energy
Latest action: action_date: 2022-06-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-06-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Critical Minerals Classification Improvement Act of 2022</b></p> <p>This bill permits the inclusion of fuel minerals (e.g., uranium) on a list of mineral commodities that are critical to the U.S. economy and national security. (Fuel minerals are currently excluded from the list.)</p> <p>Additionally, the U.S. Geological Survey must revise the list to add critical fuel minerals if it determines the revisions are necessary.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8045 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 13, 2022 Mr. Pfluger (for himself, Mr. Newhouse , Mr. Cuellar , and Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To amend the Energy Act of 2020 to alter the criteria for the designation of critical minerals.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Critical Minerals Classification Improvement Act of 2022 . 2. Amendment to definition of critical mineral remove exclusion of fuel minerals (a) In general Section 7002(a)(3)(B) of the Energy Act of 2020 ( 30 U.S.C. 1606(a)(3)(B) ) is amended— (1) by striking clause (i); and (2) by redesignating clauses (ii) and (iii) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively. (b) Technical correction Section 7002(a)(3)(B)(i) of the Energy Act of 2020 ( 30 U.S.C. 1606(a)(3)(B) ), as redesignated, is amended by inserting or after the semicolon. (c) Uranium critical mineral status The Director of the United States Geological Survey shall, not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, make such revisions to the final list of critical minerals included in the notice entitled 2022 Final List of Critical Minerals published by the United States Geological Survey (87 Fed. Reg. 10381; February 24, 2022) as the Director determines are necessary consistent with the amendments made by this section.