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S. 2031 118th Congress Senate

Critical Mineral Independence Act of 2023

Official title: A bill to strengthen the national security of the United States by decreasing the reliance of the Department of Defense on critical minerals from the People's … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to strengthen the national security of the United States by decreasing the reliance of the Department of Defense on critical minerals from the People's Republic of China, the Russian Federation, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea, and other geostrategic competitors and adversaries of the United States, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 15, 2023 See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security
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Jun 15, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Jun 15, 2023
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action June 15, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Critical Mineral Independence Act of 2023

This bill requires the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment within the Department of Defense (DOD) to submit a strategy to develop supply chains for DOD that are not dependent on mining or processing of critical minerals in or by specified countries (e.g., China) in order to achieve critical mineral supply chain independence from such countries by 2035.

The strategy must be submitted in classified form but must include an unclassified summary.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 2226 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
  • HR 2670 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
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Peters, Gary C.
Michigan · Jun 15, 2023
 R
Sullivan, Dan
Alaska · Jun 15, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2031: Critical Mineral Independence Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-2031/
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"S. 2031: Critical Mineral Independence Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-2031/.
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S. 2031, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-2031/.
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[S. 2031: Critical Mineral Independence Act of 2023](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-2031/)
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