3.0.0 4866 2023-01-11T13:16:23Z 2023-01-11T13:16:23Z House H HR 2010-03-17 111 hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm04 Trade Subcommittee Referred to 2010-03-29T20:11:32Z Referred to 2010-03-17T14:00:47Z hsba00 Financial Services Committee House Standing Referred to 2010-03-17T14:00:48Z hsas00 Armed Services Committee House Standing Referred to 2010-03-17T14:00:46Z 2010-03-29 hswm04 Trade Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. Committee 2010-03-17 Referred to House Financial Services IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsba00 Financial Services Committee 2010-03-17 Referred to House Ways and Means IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2010-03-17 Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2010-03-17 Referred to House Armed Services IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsas00 Armed Services Committee 2010-03-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2010-03-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C001077 Rep. Coffman, Mike [R-CO-6] Mike Coffman R CO 6 N F000448 Rep. Franks, Trent [R-AZ-2] Trent Franks R AZ 2 2010-04-21 False B000208 Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6] ROSCOE BARTLETT R MD G. 6 2010-04-21 False A000358 Rep. Akin, W. Todd [R-MO-2] W. AKIN R MO TODD 2 2010-04-27 False M001159 Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5] Cathy McMorris Rodgers R WA 5 2010-04-27 False E000289 Rep. Ellsworth, Brad [D-IN-8] Brad Ellsworth D IN 8 2010-04-29 False G000554 Rep. Giffords, Gabrielle [D-AZ-8] Gabrielle Giffords D AZ 8 2010-05-06 False T000238 Rep. Thornberry, Mac [R-TX-13] WILLIAM THORNBERRY R TX M. 13 2010-05-06 False C001072 Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7] Andre Carson D IN 7 2010-05-11 False W000795 Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2] Joe Wilson R SC 2 2010-07-01 False P000373 Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16] JOSEPH PITTS R PA R. 16 2010-07-01 False G000550 Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11] Phil Gingrey R GA 11 2010-07-01 False B001250 Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1] Rob Bishop R UT 1 2010-07-01 False L000564 Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5] Doug Lamborn R CO 5 2010-07-01 False C001048 Rep. Culberson, John Abney [R-TX-7] JOHN CULBERSON R TX ABNEY 7 2010-07-01 False L000517 Rep. Lungren, Daniel E. [R-CA-3] DANIEL LUNGREN R CA EDWARD 3 2010-07-01 False B000461 Rep. Bilbray, Brian P. [R-CA-50] BRIAN BILBRAY R CA P. 50 2010-07-01 False L000571 Rep. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY-At Large] Cynthia Lummis R WY M. 0 2010-07-29 False L000563 Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3] Daniel Lipinski D IL William 3 2010-12-15 False F000445 Rep. Forbes, J. Randy [R-VA-4] J. Forbes R VA Randy 4 2010-12-15 False Armed Forces and National Security Asia China Department of Commerce Department of Defense Department of Energy Department of State Department of the Interior Executive agency funding and structure Government lending and loan guarantees Metals Military procurement, research, weapons development Mining Office of Science and Technology Policy Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Strategic materials and reserves Trade restrictions Armed Forces and National Security 00 2010-03-17 Introduced in House 2010-04-29T21:14:07Z Rare Earths Supply-Chain Technology and Resources Transformation Act of 2010 or the RESTART Act - Directs the Secretaries of Commerce, of Defense, of Energy, of the Interior, and of State to: (1) appoint an Executive Agent, at the Assistant Secretary level, to serve as a representative on an interagency working group to reestablish a competitive domestic rare earth supply chain; and (2) assess and report to Congress on the chain, determining which rare earth elements are critical to national and economic security. Directs the United States Trade Representative (USTR) and the Office of Science and Technology Policy also to appoint representation to such working group.

Requires the Secretary of Defense to commence procurement of critical rare earth materials and place them in a national stockpile, and the Defense Logistics Agency, Defense National Stockpile Center to serve as Administrator of the stockpile.

Authorizes the Administrator, if necessary to meet U.S. national security and economic needs, to purchase rare earth materials from the People's Republic of China.

Instructs the USTR to: (1) initiate and report to Congress on a comprehensive review of international trade practices in the rare earth materials market; or (2) initiate an action before the World Trade Organization (WTO) as a result of the review.

Directs the Secretaries of Commerce, of the Interior, and of State to report to the domestic rare earth industry about mechanisms for obtaining government loan guarantees to reestablish a domestic rare earth supply chain. Directs the Secretaries of Defense and of Energy to issue guidance for the industry related to obtaining such loan guarantees.

Expresses the sense of Congress regarding a prioritization of Defense Production Act projects with respect to the domestic rare earth supply chain.

]]> RESTART Act Display Title RESTART Act Official Title as Introduced To reestablish a competitive domestic rare earths minerals production industry; a domestic rare earth processing, refining, purification, and metals production industry; a domestic rare earth metals alloying industry; and a domestic rare earth based magnet production industry and supply chain in the United States. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced RESTART Act Short Titles as Introduced Rare Earths Supply-Chain Technology and Resources Transformation Act of 2010 Introduced in House 2010-03-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr4866ih/xml/BILLS-111hr4866ih.xml 2010-03-29 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.