[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5274 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5274

 To amend the Energy Act of 2020 to include critical materials in the 
        definition of critical mineral, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 25, 2024

  Ms. Sinema (for herself and Mr. Lee) introduced the following bill; 
   which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Energy Act of 2020 to include critical materials in the 
        definition of critical mineral, 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 ``Critical Mineral Consistency Act of 
2024''.

SEC. 2. CRITICAL MATERIALS INCLUDED AS CRITICAL MINERALS.

    Section 7002 of the Energy Act of 2020 (30 U.S.C. 1606) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(3)(A)--
                    (A) by striking the period at the end and inserting 
                ``; and'';
                    (B) by striking ``means any mineral'' and inserting 
                the following: ``means--
                            ``(i) any mineral''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(ii) a critical material as determined by 
                        the Secretary of Energy under paragraph 
                        (2)(A).''; and
            (2) in subsection (c)(5), by adding at the end the 
        following:
                    ``(C) Inclusion of critical materials.--Not later 
                than 45 days after the date on which the Secretary of 
                Energy determines a non-fuel mineral, element, 
                substance, or material to be a critical material under 
                subsection (a)(2)(A), the Secretary shall update the 
                list of critical minerals published under paragraph (3) 
                to include that critical material.''.
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