Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act (H.R. 3617)
May 29, 2025
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Where This Stands
Currently in_committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
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View official text →The Frame
This bill mandates that the Department of Energy prioritize and secure the supply of materials essential for U.S. energy systems, which could lead to new federal strategies for domestic mining, processing, and recycling of critical minerals.
Potentially affected actors named in the source documents. Mention is not a position.
Department of Energy
The agency is assigned new formal duties to assess and secure critical energy supply chains.
Energy sector companies
These entities will be consulted by the Secretary of Energy regarding supply chain assessments and strategies.
State governments
States are identified as stakeholders to be consulted by the Secretary of Energy during the assessment process.
Current stage: in_committee.
Floor Vote.
Summary
Why It Matters
This bill mandates that the Department of Energy prioritize and secure the supply of materials essential for U.S. energy systems, which could lead to new federal strategies for domestic mining, processing, and recycling of critical minerals.
Key Facts
- Defines 'critical energy resource' as any energy resource essential to U.S. energy systems whose supply chain is vulnerable to disruption.
- Requires the Secretary of Energy to conduct ongoing assessments of U.S. critical energy resource supply chains and their vulnerabilities.
- Mandates that the Department of Energy assess how adversarial nations use anti-competitive practices, price manipulation, or human rights abuses to undermine U.S. investment.
- Directs the Secretary of Energy to develop strategies to diversify supply sources and increase domestic production, separation, and processing of critical energy resources.
- Requires the development of substitutes and alternatives to critical energy resources.
- Mandates the improvement of technology for the reuse and recycling of critical energy resources.
- Requires the Secretary of Energy to consult with other federal agencies, energy sector representatives, and states when carrying out these duties.
- Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to formally include securing critical energy resource supplies as a core function of the Department.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a 'critical energy resource' under this bill?
What will the Department of Energy do if this bill passes?
News Coverage
Voting Record
Total
425
Yes
222
No
203
Present
0
Not Voting
0
Abstain
0
How they voted (425)
Brian Jack
R · yes
Jared Huffman
D · no
Brandon Gill
R · yes
Jay Obernolte
R · yes
Ryan Mackenzie
R · yes
Lizzie Fletcher
D · no
Kweisi Mfume
D · no
Lance Gooden
R · yes
Richard Neal
D · no
Maggie Goodlander
D · no
Henry Cuellar
D · yes
Lateefah Simon
D · no
Neal Dunn
R · yes
Mike Quigley
D · no
Jennifer Kiggans
R · yes
Ro Khanna
D · no
Randy Fine
R · yes
H. Griffith
R · yes
James McGovern
D · no
Nydia Velázquez
D · no
Rudy Yakym
R · yes
Julia Letlow
R · yes
Ryan Zinke
R · yes
Dusty Johnson
R · yes
+ 401 more
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Discoveries
Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.
Formalizing Supply Chain Security
The bill moves beyond simple monitoring by mandating that the Department of Energy formally integrate supply chain security into its core organizational functions.
Connected Entities
Sources
www.congress.gov
Analysis Score
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- Controversy40Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
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