[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 88 (Thursday, May 20, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S3232]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1770. Mr. MANCHIN (for himself, Mrs. Capito, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. 
Grassley, Ms. Ernst, and Ms. Murkowski) submitted an amendment intended 
to be proposed to amendment SA 1502 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill 
S. 1260, to establish a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation 
in the National Science Foundation, to establish a regional technology 
hub program, to require a strategy and report on economic security, 
science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to 
establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 188, strike lines 2 through 25 and insert the 
     following:
       (a) Critical Minerals Mining Research and Development.--
       (1) In general.--In order to support supply chain 
     resiliency, the Secretary of Energy, in coordination with the 
     Director, shall issue awards, on a competitive basis, to 
     National Laboratories (as defined in section 2 of the Energy 
     Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15801)), institutions of higher 
     education, or nonprofit organizations (or consortia of such 
     institutions or organizations, including consortia that 
     collaborate with private industry) to support basic research 
     that will accelerate innovation to advance critical minerals 
     mining strategies and technologies for the purpose of making 
     better use of domestic resources and eliminating national 
     reliance on minerals and mineral materials that are subject 
     to supply disruptions.
       (2) Use of funds.--Activities funded by an award under this 
     section may include--
       (A) advancing mining research and development activities to 
     develop new mapping and mining technologies and techniques, 
     including advanced critical mineral extraction and 
     production, to improve existing or to develop new supply 
     chains of critical minerals, and to yield more efficient, 
     economical, and environmentally benign mining practices;
       (B) advancing critical mineral processing and geochemical
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