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HR 8808 117th Congress House Energy

COBALT Act of 2022

Introduced: September 13, 2022 Introduced by: Donalds, Byron Republican · Florida See on congress.gov
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Sep 13, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Sep 13, 2022
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Cobalt Optimizes Batteries And Leading Technologies Act of 2022 or the COBALT Act of 2022

This bill provides funding through the Defense Production Act Fund to increase stocks of domestically refined cobalt in the National Defense Stockpile. (The Defense Production Act of 1950 confers on the President a broad set of authorities to influence domestic industry in order to provide essential materials and goods needed for the national defense.)

What's happening now September 13, 2022

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Republican 6
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Baird, James R.
Indiana · Sep 13, 2022
Cawthorn, Madison
· Sep 13, 2022
 R
Crawford, Eric A. "Rick"
Arkansas · Sep 13, 2022
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Feenstra, Randy
Iowa · Sep 13, 2022
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Hern, Kevin
Oklahoma · Sep 13, 2022
Mullin, Markwayne
· Sep 13, 2022
 R
Nehls, Troy E.
Texas · Sep 13, 2022
Posey, Bill
· Sep 13, 2022
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Salazar, Maria Elvira
Florida · Sep 13, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8808: COBALT Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8808/
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"H.R. 8808: COBALT Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8808/.
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H.R. 8808, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8808/.
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