H.R. 3617 · Passed House · Energy
Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act
Sponsor: John James (R-MI)
What it does
- Requires the Department of Energy to secure the supply of critical energy resources essential to U.S. energy security.
- Defines a critical energy resource as one essential to the U.S. energy sector whose supply chain is vulnerable to disruption.
- Requires ongoing DOE assessments of resource criticality, supply chain vulnerabilities, domestic production constraints, relevant federal regulations, import reliance, and adversarial market manipulation.
- Directs DOE to develop strategies to strengthen supply chains, develop substitutes, and improve reuse and recycling technology.
Official summary
Securing America's Critical Minerals Supply Act This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to secure the supply of critical energy resources that are essential to the energy security of the United States. A critical energy resource means an energy resource (1) that is essential to the energy sector and energy systems of the United States, and (2) the supply chain of which is vulnerable to disruption. As part of its duties, DOE must conduct ongoing assessments of energy resource criticality, the U.S. supply chain of critical energy resources and its vulnerabilities, the diversity of domestic critical energy resource supply chains, capacity constraints on the domestic production of critical energy resources, federal regulations affecting the domestic production or importation of critical energy resources, how energy security is affected by reliance on imports of critical energy resources, and how adversarial nations seek to exploit critical energy resource markets to undermine investment in the United States. DOE must also facilitate the development of strategies to strengthen critical energy resource supply chains, develop substitutes and alternatives to critical energy…
Latest action
Feb 12, 2026: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Committee: Senate Energy and Natural Resources