3.0.0 2006 2023-01-11T13:26:55Z 2023-01-11T13:26:55Z Senate S S 2014-02-06 113 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2014-02-06T23:45:40Z National Rare-Earth Cooperative Act of 2014 113 4883 HR 2014-06-17 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. Related bill CRS 2014-02-06 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2014-02-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000575 Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] Roy Blunt R MO N M001183 Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] Joseph Manchin D WV 2014-02-06 True Energy Energy storage, supplies, demand Federally chartered organizations Manufacturing Marketing and advertising Metals Military procurement, research, weapons development Mining Strategic materials and reserves Technology transfer and commercialization Energy 00 2014-02-06 Introduced in Senate 2014-03-24T16:26:53Z National Rare Earth Cooperative Act of 2014 - Establishes the Thorium-Bearing Rare Earth Refinery Cooperative to provide for the domestic processing of thorium-bearing rare earth concentrates as residual unprocessed and unrefined ores.

Requires the Cooperative's Board to establish a refinery and a Thorium Storage, Energy, and Industrial Products Corporation to develop uses and markets for thorium, including energy.

Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to coordinate with other federal agencies to advance and protect: (1) domestic rare earth mining, (2) the refining of rare earth elements, (3) basic rare earth metals production, and (4) the development and commercialization of thorium.

Authorizes the Secretary to acquire and maintain a 10% equity stake in the Cooperative in accordance with the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act for the purpose of accessing strategic rare earth materials and eliminating the need to acquire them under such Act.

]]> National Rare Earth Cooperative Act of 2014 Display Title National Rare Earth Cooperative Act of 2014 Short Titles as Introduced National Rare Earth Cooperative Act of 2014 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for the establishment of a National Rare Earth Refinery Cooperative, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2014-02-06T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s2006is/xml/BILLS-113s2006is.xml 2014-02-06 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.