[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8045 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8045

     To amend the Energy Act of 2020 to alter the criteria for the 
                   designation of critical minerals.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 13, 2022

 Mr. Pfluger (for himself, Mr. Newhouse, Mr. Cuellar, and Mr. Vicente 
Gonzalez of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                   the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Energy Act of 2020 to alter the criteria for the 
                   designation of critical minerals.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Critical Minerals Classification 
Improvement Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO DEFINITION OF CRITICAL MINERAL REMOVE EXCLUSION OF 
              FUEL MINERALS.

    (a) In General.--Section 7002(a)(3)(B) of the Energy Act of 2020 
(30 U.S.C. 1606(a)(3)(B)) is amended--
            (1) by striking clause (i); and
            (2) by redesignating clauses (ii) and (iii) as clauses (i) 
        and (ii), respectively.
    (b) Technical Correction.--Section 7002(a)(3)(B)(i) of the Energy 
Act of 2020 (30 U.S.C. 1606(a)(3)(B)), as redesignated, is amended by 
inserting ``or'' after the semicolon.
    (c) Uranium Critical Mineral Status.--The Director of the United 
States Geological Survey shall, not later than 90 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, make such revisions to the final list of 
critical minerals included in the notice entitled ``2022 Final List of 
Critical Minerals'' published by the United States Geological Survey 
(87 Fed. Reg. 10381; February 24, 2022) as the Director determines are 
necessary consistent with the amendments made by this section.
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