Critical Minerals Classification Improvement Act of 2022
Official title: To amend the Energy Act of 2020 to alter the criteria for the designation of critical minerals.
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Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Critical Minerals Classification Improvement Act of 2022
This bill permits the inclusion of fuel minerals (e.g., uranium) on a list of mineral commodities that are critical to the U.S. economy and national security. (Fuel minerals are currently excluded from the list.)
Additionally, the U.S. Geological Survey must revise the list to add critical fuel minerals if it determines the revisions are necessary.
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Bodies those filers lobbied
- Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
- Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers)
- Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS)
- Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
- Bureau of Reclamation
- Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8045: Critical Minerals Classification Improvement Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8045/
"H.R. 8045: Critical Minerals Classification Improvement Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8045/.
H.R. 8045, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8045/.
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