H.R. 3617

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3617 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 3617

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

February 12, 2026

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

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AN ACT

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).

Passed the House of Representatives February 11, 2026.

Attest:

KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

Clerk.