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Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act

H. R. 3617 To amend the Department of Energy Organization Act to secure the supply of critical energy resources, including critical minerals and other materials, and for other purposes.

Introduced May 29, 2025

Latest action (Feb 12, 2026) Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Referred to
Energy and Natural Resources Committee Energy and Commerce Committee
Issues
Defense

Summary

This bill would establish that the Department of Energy is responsible for securing the supply of critical minerals and energy resources essential to US energy security. The Secretary of Energy would be required to conduct ongoing assessments of critical resource supplies, identify vulnerabilities in supply chains, evaluate domestic production capacity, and analyze how adversarial nations may exploit these markets. The Secretary would need to develop strategies to strengthen supply chains by diversifying sources, increasing domestic production and processing, developing substitutes, and improving recycling and reuse technologies. The bill requires the Secretary to submit a report to Congress within two years describing the status of these assessments and any regulations or actions taken as a result.

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Sponsor (1)
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Actions (26)
  1. Feb 12, 2026 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. · senate
  2. Feb 11, 2026 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. · house
  3. Feb 11, 2026 On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 223 - 206 (Roll no. 64). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H2150) · house
  4. Feb 11, 2026 Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 223 - 206 (Roll no. 64).
  5. Feb 11, 2026 On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 214 - 215 (Roll no. 63). · house
  6. Feb 11, 2026 Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2167-2169) · house
  7. Feb 11, 2026 POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 3617, the Chair put the question on the motion to recommit and by voice vote, announced the noes had prevailed. Mr. Landsman demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced. · house
  8. Feb 11, 2026 The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX. · house
  9. Feb 11, 2026 Mr. Landsman moved to recommit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. (text: CR H2154) · house
  10. Feb 11, 2026 The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. · house
  11. Feb 11, 2026 DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 3617. · house
  12. Feb 11, 2026 Rule provides for consideration of S. 1383, H.R. 2189, H.R. 261 and H.R. 3617. The resolution provides for consideration of S. 1383, H.R. 2189, H.R. 261, and H.R. 3617 under a closed rule and provides for one motion to recommit H.R. 2189, H.R. 261, and H.R. 3617, and one motion to commit S. 1383. · house
  13. Feb 11, 2026 Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1057. (consideration: CR H2150-2154) · house
  14. Feb 11, 2026 Rule H. Res. 1057 passed House. · house
  15. Feb 11, 2026 Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1057 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of S. 1383, H.R. 2189, H.R. 261 and H.R. 3617. The resolution provides for consideration of S. 1383, H.R. 2189, H.R. 261, and H.R. 3617 under a closed rule and provides for one motion to recommit H.R. 2189, H.R. 261, and H.R. 3617, and one motion to commit S. 1383. · house
  16. Feb 10, 2026 Rule H. Res. 1042 failed passage of House. · house
  17. Feb 9, 2026 Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1042 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2189, H.R. 261 and H.R. 3617. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 2189, H.R. 261, and H.R. 3617 under a closed rule and provides for one hour of debate and one motion to recommit on each bill. · house
  18. Sep 11, 2025 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 224. · house
  19. Sep 11, 2025 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-268. · house
  20. Jun 25, 2025 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 21. · house
  21. Jun 25, 2025 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held · house
  22. Jun 5, 2025 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote. · house
  23. Jun 5, 2025 Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held · house
  24. Jun 3, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy. · house
  25. May 29, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. · house
  26. May 29, 2025 Introduced in House

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Similar bills (6)

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  • HR 7126 — SECURE Minerals Act of 2026 · Introduced Feb 24, 2026 · Cong. 119 80%
  • HR 7037 — Developing Overseas Mineral Investments and New Allied Networks for Critical Energies Act · Passed House Jun 9, 2026 · Cong. 119 77%
  • HR 6659 — Critical Minerals Trade Security Act · Introduced Dec 11, 2025 · Cong. 119 76%
  • S 789 — Critical Minerals Security Act of 2025 · Introduced Jun 10, 2026 · Cong. 119 76%
  • HR 5929 — Critical Minerals Supply Chain Resiliency Act of 2026 · Introduced Jun 9, 2026 · Cong. 119 74%
  • HR 6853 — Securing Energy Supply Chains Act · Introduced Dec 18, 2025 · Cong. 119 74%

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 29, 2025

Mr. James (for himself, Mr. Obernolte, and Mrs. Miller-Meeks) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

September 11, 2025

Additional sponsors: Mr. Dunn of Florida and Mrs. Houchin

September 11, 2025

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 29, 2025]

A BILL

To amend the Department of Energy Organization Act to secure the supply of critical energy resources, including critical minerals and other materials, 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 “Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act”.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ORGANIZATION ACT.

The Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) is amended—

(1) in section 2, by adding at the end the following:

“(d) As used in sections 102(20) and 203(a)(12), the term ‘critical energy resource’ means any 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.”;

(2) in section 102, by adding at the end the following:

“(20) To ensure there is an adequate and reliable supply of critical energy resources that are essential to the energy security of the United States.”; and

(3) in section 203(a), by adding at the end the following:

“(12) Functions that relate to securing the supply of critical energy resources, including identifying and mitigating the effects of a disruption of such supply on—

“(A) the development and use of energy technologies; and

“(B) the operation of energy systems.”.

SEC. 3. SECURING CRITICAL ENERGY RESOURCE SUPPLY CHAINS.

(a) In General.—In carrying out the requirements of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the appropriate Federal agencies, representatives of the energy sector, States, and other stakeholders, shall—

(1) conduct ongoing assessments of—

(A) energy resource criticality, based on the importance of critical energy resources to the development of energy technologies and the supply of energy;

(B) the critical energy resource supply chain of the United States;

(C) the vulnerability of such supply chain;

(D) the diversity of domestic critical energy resource supply chains in the United States, including the extent to which such diversity is sufficient to prevent monopolistic behavior, a single point of failure, or market manipulation;

(E) capacity constraints on the domestic production of critical energy resources, including any such constraint caused by a shortage of material or labor;

(F) Federal regulations affecting the domestic production or importation of critical energy resources;

(G) how the energy security of the United States is affected by the reliance of the United States on importation of critical energy resources; and

(H) how adversarial nations seek to exploit critical energy resource markets to undermine investment in the United States, which may include the extent to which adversarial nations employ anti- competitive practices, price manipulation, or human rights abuses in critical energy resource production and exportation;

(2) facilitate development of strategies to strengthen critical energy resource supply chains in the United States, including by—

(A) diversifying the sources of the supply of critical energy resources; and

(B) increasing domestic production, separation, and processing of critical energy resources;

(3) develop substitutes and alternatives to critical energy resources; and

(4) improve technology that reuses and recycles critical energy resources.

(b) Report.—Not later than two years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report on the status of the assessments under subsection (a)(1), including a description of any regulation prescribed, guidance issued, or other action taken as a result of such an assessment.

(c) Critical Energy Resource Defined.—In this section, the term “critical energy resource” has the meaning given such term in section 2 of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101). Union Calendar No. 224

119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 3617

[Report No. 119-268]

A BILL

To amend the Department of Energy Organization Act to secure the supply of critical energy resources, including critical minerals and other materials, and for other purposes.

September 11, 2025

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

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