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RE-Coop 21st Century Manufacturing Act

Introduced: September 19, 2019 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Sep 20, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Sep 19, 2019
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 19, 2019
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Rare Earth Cooperative 21st Century Manufacturing Act or the RE-Coop 21st Century Manufacturing Act

This bill addresses the advancement of domestic refining of rare earth elements and the safe storage of thorium.

The Department of Commerce must establish a privately funded, operated, and managed Thorium-Bearing Rare Earth Refinery Cooperative tasked with the creation of a fully integrated domestic rare earth value chain to serve U.S. national security needs and the critical advanced manufacturing industries.

The Department of Energy must coordinate with other agencies to procure the issuance of a federal charter for the Thorium Storage, Energy, and Industrial Products Corporation which shall assume liability for and ownership of all thorium and mineralogically actinides and decay products contained within the rare earth element ores utilized by the cooperative.

What's happening now September 20, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Republican 5