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Intergovernmental Critical Minerals Task Force Act
This bill directs the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to establish a task force to facilitate cooperation, coordination, and mutual accountability among each level of the federal government and state, local, tribal, and territorial governments on a holistic response to the dependence on covered countries for critical minerals across the United States.
Covered country includes any country determined by the task force to be a geostrategic competitor or adversary of the United States with respect to critical minerals.
The bill specifies duties for the task force, including
addressing the homeland and national security risks associated with the current critical mineral supply chains of the United States;
identifying a list of critical minerals most important for securing U.S. homeland and national security; and
providing recommendations addressing research and development, mining, and strengthening the domestic workforce to support, and improving partnerships with allied countries to improve, critical mineral supply chains.
People & committees
Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] · D–MI
Legislative record
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Held at the desk.
Received in the House.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S6182-6184)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
The committee substitute withdrawn by Unanimous Consent. (CR S6185)
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S6184-6185)
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 196.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-93.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-93.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Introduced in Senate
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