Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act
What changed between versions
New assessment area requiring evaluation of the diversity of domestic critical energy resource supply chains, including whether such diversity is sufficient to prevent monopolistic behavior, a single point of failure, or market manipulation.
New assessment area requiring evaluation of capacity constraints on domestic production of critical energy resources, including constraints caused by shortages of material or labor.
New assessment area requiring evaluation of Federal regulations affecting the domestic production or importation of critical energy resources.
The existing assessments on importation reliance and adversarial nation exploitation were retained but repositioned later in the list (from items D and E to items G and H), making room for the new assessment areas.
A new subsection (b) requires the Secretary of Energy to submit a report to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources no later than two years after enactment, describing the status of assessments and any regulation, guidance, or other action taken as a result.
