Pipeline · Bill → Law
Step 1
Introduced
Feb 25, 2025
Step 2
Referred
Feb 25, 2025
Energy and Natural Resources
Step 3
Committee
Apr 30, 2025
Reported out
Step 4
Senate
Feb 11, 2026
Step 5
House floor
Step 6
Resolve Changes
Step 7
Signed
SummaryCRS Summary
This bill modifies the Energy Act of 2020 to expand the definition of critical minerals used by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to include critical materials designated by the Department of Energy (DOE). It also directs USGS to update its list within 45 days of DOE adding a mineral, element, substance, or material to its critical materials list. Thus, the bill requires the lists to be treated consistently and makes critical materials eligible for the same benefits (e.g., financing support or clean energy tax credits) provided to critical minerals. By way of background, DOE's critical materials list contains certain materials that are essential for energy, including those on the critical...
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Timeline · 6 actions
Feb 11, 2026
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 119-106.
Feb 11, 2026
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 335.
Apr 30, 2025
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Mar 12, 2025
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-46.
Feb 25, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Feb 25, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.