119 HR 1622 IH: Uranium for Energy Independence Act of 2025 U.S. House of Representatives 2025-02-26 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I119th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 1622IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESFebruary 26, 2025Mr. McGuire (for himself, Ms. Maloy, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. McCormick, Mr. Haridopolos, and Mr. Gosar) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural ResourcesA BILLTo provide for the inclusion of uranium on the list of critical minerals, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Uranium for Energy Independence Act of 2025.

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Uranium critical mineral status

Notwithstanding the exclusion of fuel minerals from the definition of the term critical mineral under any Federal law, regulation, or Executive order, uranium—(1)is deemed to be included on the 2022 final list of critical minerals in the notice entitled 2022 Final List of Critical Minerals published by the United States Geological Survey (87 Fed. Reg. 10381; February 24, 2022), and shall be treated as if included on that list at the time of publication; and(2)shall be included on each subsequent list of critical minerals published pursuant to section 7002 of the Energy Act of 2020 (30 U.S.C. 1606).