H.R. 3617: Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act

119th Congress · Sponsored from Michigan · In committee

What this bill does

Securing America's Critical Minerals Supply ActThis bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to secure the supply of critical energy resources that are essential to the energy security of the United States. A critical energy resource means an energy resource (1) that is essential to the energy sector and energy systems of the United States, and (2) the supply chain of which is vulnerable to disruption.As part of its duties, DOE must conduct ongoing assessments ofenergy resource criticality,the U.S. supply chain of critical energy resources and its vulnerabilities, the diversity of domestic critical energy resource supply chains,capacity constraints on the domestic production of critical energy resources,federal regulations affecting the domestic production or importation of critical energy resources, how energy security is affected by reliance on imports of critical energy resources, and how adversarial nations seek to exploit critical energy resource markets to undermine investment in the United States.DOE must alsofacilitate the development of strategies to strengthen critical energy resource supply chains,develop substitutes and alternatives to critical energy resources, andimprove technology that reuses and recycles critical energy resources.

Key facts

• Status In committee
• Introduced 2025-05-29
• Policy area Energy
• Cosponsors 4
• Latest action Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Sponsor

Rep. James, John [R-MI-10]

Lead sponsor · Michigan

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Who funds the sponsor?

Rep. James, John [R-MI-10] introduced H.R. 3617. On Voterly you can see their top campaign donors from public Federal Election Commission records — individuals, PACs, and industry groups (follow the money) — and compare that with how they vote.

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