H.R. 1622

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1622 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1622

To provide for the inclusion of uranium on the list of critical 
minerals, and for other purposes.

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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

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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).
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