3.0.0 4031 2023-01-11T13:21:07Z 2023-01-11T13:21:07Z Senate S S 2010-12-15 111 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2010-12-15T22:39:30Z 2010-12-15 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2010-12-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001233 Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] EVAN BAYH D IN N B000611 Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO] CHRISTOPHER BOND R MO S. 2010-12-15 True Energy Alternative and renewable resources Congressional oversight Department of the Interior Energy efficiency and conservation Energy storage, supplies, demand Executive agency funding and structure Government lending and loan guarantees Government studies and investigations Higher education International organizations and cooperation Manufacturing Metals Military assistance, sales, and agreements Military procurement, research, weapons development Mining Research administration and funding Solid waste and recycling Strategic materials and reserves Energy 00 2010-12-15 Introduced in Senate 2011-03-22T20:51:37Z Rare Earths Supply-Chain Technology and Resources Transformation Act of 2010 or RESTART Act - Sets forth U.S. policy with respect to the reestablishment of a rare earth materials supply chain in the United States and its allies.

Establishes within the Department of the Interior the Rare Earth Policy Task Force to monitor and assist federal agencies in expediting the review and approval of permits to accelerate the completion of projects that will increase investment in, exploration for, and development of domestic rare earth elements.

Directs the Secretaries of Commerce, of Defense, of Energy, of the Interior, and the Secretary of State to establish jointly an interagency working group for the purposes of reestablishing the production of, and a competitive supply chain for, rare earth materials in the United States.

Requires the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Energy to report jointly to Congress on: (1) the vulnerability of the supply chain for rare earth materials in the United States; (2) rare earth elements critical to clean energy technologies and the domestic and economic security; and (3) the establishment of a rare earth stockpile.

Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to authorize the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to implement a temporary loan guarantee program for the commercial application of rare earth materials revitalization.

Establishes in DOE a program to ensure the long-term, secure, and sustainable supply of rare earth materials in quantities sufficient to satisfy the U.S. national security, economic well-being, and industrial production needs.

Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the capability to produce rare earth materials is the backbone of both the defense and energy supply chains; (2) the United States lacks sufficient capability to produce rare earth materials; (3) there is an urgent need to reestablish a supply chain in the United States for processing rare earth oxides into metals and rare earth magnets; and (4) that urgency warrants the exercise of the President's authority to support reestablishment of the capability to produce rare earth materials and the supply chain to meet a deficiency in the defense industrial base and renewable energy sectors of the United States.

Directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Energy to study the feasibility and effectiveness of using a cooperative structure involving multiple producers of rare earth materials to reestablish the production of, and a supply chain for, rare earth materials in the United States.

Specifies restrictions upon the use of appropriated funds for the rare earth materials program.

Makes conforming amendments to the National Materials and Minerals Policy, Research and Development Act of 1980.

Repeals the National Critical Materials Act of 1984.

]]> RESTART Act Display Title RESTART Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to promote exploration for and development of rare earth elements in the United States, to reestablish a competitive supply chain for rare earth materials in the United States and countries that are allies of the United States, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced RESTART Act Short Titles as Introduced Rare Earths Supply-Chain Technology and Resources Transformation Act of 2010 Introduced in Senate 2010-12-15T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s4031is/xml/BILLS-111s4031is.xml 2010-12-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. 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.