US Congress Senate Bill 1317 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 10-2)
Status: Introduced on May 2 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-10-22 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 251.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Addresses the availability, development, and production of domestic critical minerals. The President must coordinate the appropriate agencies to implement U.S. policy regarding critical minerals, including to establish an analytical and forecasting capability for identifying critical mineral market factors so as to avoid supply shortages, mitigate price volatility, and prepare for demand growth and other market shifts. Among other things, the bill provides statutory authority for the U.S. Geological Survey to designate and update every three years a list of critical minerals; requires a comprehensive national assessment of every critical mineral; directs the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service to complete federal permitting and review processes with maximum efficiency and effectiveness; requires the Department of Energy to conduct a program of research and development to promote the production, use, and recycling of critical minerals, and develop alternatives to critical minerals; directs the Department of Labor to assess the domestic availability of technically trained personnel with the necessary skill set for critical mineral activities; provides for a study to design an interdisciplinary program on critical minerals that will support the critical mineral supply chain and increase domestic critical mineral development; establishes a competitive grant program for institutions of higher education to implement integrated critical mineral education, training, and workforce development programs; and reauthorizes through FY2029 the National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program.

American Mineral Security Act

Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]	Sen. Joe Manchin [D-WV]	Sen. Dan Sullivan [R-AK]	Sen. Martha McSally [R-AZ]
Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]	Sen. James Risch [R-ID]	Sen. Doug Jones [D-AL]	Sen. Thom Tillis [R-NC]
Sen. John Barrasso [R-WY]	Sen. Shelley Capito [R-WV]	Sen. Mike Crapo [R-ID]	Sen. Steve Daines [R-MT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-10-22	Senate	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 251.
2019-10-22	Senate	Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-131.
2019-07-16	Senate	Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
2019-05-14	Senate	Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
2019-05-02	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

HB4299 (Related) 2020-12-18 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 553.
SB4324 (Related) 2020-07-27 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB4775 (Related) 2020-10-01 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 564.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1317/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s1317/BILLS-116s1317is.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s1317/BILLS-116s1317rs.pdf