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    <item congress="117" measure-type="hr" measure-number="8904" measure-id="id117hr8904" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2022-09-19" update-date="2023-01-19">
        <title>To require the Secretary of Defense to develop a strategy for further collaborating with allies and partners of the United States regarding access to strategic and critical minerals, and for other purposes.</title>
        <summary summary-id="id117hr8904v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2023-01-19">
            <action-date>2022-09-19</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
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     <p>This bill requires the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment of the Department of Defense (DOD) to brief Congress on the feasibility of expanding the cooperation between DOD and allies and partners of the United States regarding critical minerals. Additionally, DOD must submit a strategy for expanding the collaboration between DOD and allies and partners of the United States to strengthen the supply chains for critical minerals and address the risks to such supply chains.</p>
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