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Uranium for Energy Independence Act of 2025
To provide for the inclusion of uranium on the list of critical minerals, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill designates uranium as a critical mineral, overriding any federal law, regulation, or executive order that excludes fuel minerals from the definition of critical mineral. The bill deems uranium to have been included on the 2022 final list of critical minerals published by the United States Geological Survey as of its February 24, 2022 publication date. The bill requires uranium to be included on each subsequent list of critical minerals published pursuant to the Energy Act of 2020.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. McGuire, John [R-VA-5] (R-VA)
7 cosponsors
Actions (2)
- Feb 26, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. · house
- Feb 26, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 26, 2025
Mr. McGuire (for himself, Ms. Maloy, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. McCormick, Mr. Haridopolos, and Mr. Gosar) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
A BILL
To provide for the inclusion of uranium on the list of critical minerals, 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 “Uranium for Energy Independence Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. URANIUM CRITICAL MINERAL STATUS.
Notwithstanding the exclusion of fuel minerals from the definition of the term “critical mineral” under any Federal law, regulation, or Executive order, uranium—
(1) is deemed to be included on the 2022 final list of critical minerals in the notice entitled “2022 Final List of Critical Minerals” published by the United States Geological Survey (87 Fed. Reg. 10381; February 24, 2022), and shall be treated as if included on that list at the time of publication; and
(2) shall be included on each subsequent list of critical minerals published pursuant to section 7002 of the Energy Act of 2020 (30 U.S.C. 1606). <all>
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