HR 7061
116th Congress
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American Critical Mineral Exploration and Innovation Act of 2020
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 26, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
May 28, 2020
Introduced in House
May 28, 2020
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, Small Business, the Judiciary, and Education and Labor, 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.
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Plain-English summary
American Critical Mineral Exploration and Innovation Act of 2020
This bill addresses the availability, development, and production of domestic critical minerals, including by providing incentives to increase domestic production of critical minerals that are needed to ensure the economic and national security of the United States.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Bill text
1 version
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Cosponsors
50
R
Smith, Jason
Hartzler, Vicky
WALDEN, GREG
R
Tiffany, Thomas P.
R
Cole, Tom
R
Dunn, Neal P.
Flores, Bill
Graves, Garret
Kinzinger, Adam
R
Kustoff, David
Luetkemeyer, Blaine
R
McCaul, Michael T.
Pence, Greg
R
Reschenthaler, Guy
R
Smith, Adrian
R
Stefanik, Elise M.
Stivers, Steve
Tipton, Scott
R
Wagner, Ann
R
Amodei, Mark E.
R
Babin, Brian
R
Baird, James R.
R
Balderson, Troy
Bishop, Rob
Buck, Ken
R
Calvert, Ken
Cheney, Liz
Cook, Paul
R
Crawford, Eric A. "Rick"
R
Curtis, John R.
R
Emmer, Tom
R
Fulcher, Russ
Gohmert, Louie
Gonzalez, Anthony
R
Gosar, Paul A.
R
Hern, Kevin
Hice, Jody
R
Johnson, Dusty
R
Lucas, Frank D.
R
Marshall, Roger
McCarthy, Kevin
R
McClintock, Tom
R
Newhouse, Dan
R
Norman, Ralph
Olson, Pete
R
Stauber, Pete
Stewart, Chris
R
Weber, Randy K. Sr.
R
Westerman, Bruce
R
Wittman, Robert J.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7061: American Critical Mineral Exploration and Innovation Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7061/
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