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S. 596 119th Congress Senate

Critical Materials Future Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to establish a pilot program to support domestic critical material processing, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 13, 2025 Introduced by: John W. Hickenlooper Democratic · Colorado See on congress.gov
Energy Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficitsCongressional oversightGovernment studies and investigationsGovernment trust funds
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Industrial policy and productivityStrategic materials and reservesSupply chain
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Mar 12, 2025
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-46.
Feb 13, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Feb 13, 2025
Introduced in Senate
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What's happening now March 12, 2025

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-46.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 596: Critical Materials Future Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-596/
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"S. 596: Critical Materials Future Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-596/.
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S. 596, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-596/.
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