[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8446 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8446


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 18, 2024

   Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To amend the Energy Act of 2020 to include critical materials in the 
        definition of critical mineral, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Critical Mineral Consistency Act of 
2024''.

SEC. 2. CRITICAL MATERIALS INCLUDED AS CRITICAL MINERALS.

    Section 7002 of the Energy Act of 2020 (30 U.S.C. 1606) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(3)(A), to read as follows:
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `critical mineral' 
                means--
                            ``(i) any mineral, element, substance, or 
                        material designated as critical by the 
                        Secretary under subsection (c); and
                            ``(ii) a critical material as determined by 
                        the Secretary of Energy under paragraph 
                        (2)(A).''; and
            (2) in subsection (c)(5), by adding at the end the 
        following:
                    ``(C) Inclusion of critical materials.--Not later 
                than 45 days after the date on which the Secretary of 
                Energy determines a non-fuel mineral, element, 
                substance, or material to be a critical material under 
                subsection (a)(2)(A), the Secretary shall update the 
                list of critical minerals published under paragraph (3) 
                to include such critical material.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives November 14, 2024.

            Attest:

                                             KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

                                                                 Clerk.