[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 42 (Tuesday, March 3, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1417-S1418]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1440. Mr. ENZI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1407 submitted by Ms. Murkowski and intended to be 
proposed to the bill S. 2657, to support innovation in advanced 
geothermal research and development, and for other

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purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of subtitle A of title II, add the following:

     SEC. 21____. REPORT TO ASSESS THE DEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED 
                   STATES ON RARE EARTH ELEMENTS PRODUCED IN 
                   FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

       Not later than 270 days after the date of enactment of this 
     Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of 
     Defense and the Secretary of the Interior, shall submit to 
     Congress a report that--
       (1) assesses the threat presented by the dependence of the 
     United States on rare earth elements produced in foreign 
     countries; and
       (2) examines ways in which to revive and sustain the United 
     States industrial base with respect to rare earth elements, 
     specifically with respect to--
       (A) traditional mining of rare earth elements;
       (B) nontraditional corrosive extraction of rare earth 
     elements from ore and coal; and
       (C) nontraditional noncorrosive extraction of rare earth 
     elements from ore and coal.
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