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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION 4
Calendar No. 335
119TH CONGRESS N E REPORT
2d Session J SENATE 119-106
CRITICAL MINERAL CONSISTENCY ACT DESIGNATION
FEBRUARY 11, 2026.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. LEE, from the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 7141
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was
referred the bill (S. 714) to amend the Energy Act of 2020 to in-
clude critical materials in the definition of critical mineral, and for
other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably
thereon with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an
amendment to the title, and recommends that the bill, as amended,
do pass.
AMENDMENTS
1. Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the Critical Mineral Consistency
Act of 2025.
SEC. 2. CRITICAL MINERALS AND MATERIALS LIST. Section 7002 of the Energy Act
of 2020 (30 U.S.C. 1606) is amended-
(1) in subsection (c)(4)(C), by inserting minerals or materials after critical;
(2) by redesignating subsection (o) as subsection (p); and
(3) by inserting after subsection (n) the following:
(0) CRITICAL MINERALS AND MATERIALS LIST.-
(1) IN GENERAL.-Not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of the
Critical Mineral Consistency Act of 2025, the Secretary shall publish a Critical
Minerals and Materials List, which shall include-
(A) any critical mineral designated by the Secretary under subsection (c);
and
(B) any non-fuel mineral, element, substance, or material that the Sec-
retary of Energy has determined to be a critical material under subsection
(a)(2) as of that date of enactment.
(2) UPDATES.-The Secretary shall update the Critical Minerals and Mate-
rials List published under paragraph (1)-
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