[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 90 (Monday, May 24, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S3355]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1945. Mr. LANKFORD (for himself, Mr. King, 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:

        At the end of title III of division F, add the following:

     SEC. 63__. LOAN GUARANTEES FOR PROJECTS THAT INCREASE THE 
                   DOMESTIC SUPPLY OF CRITICAL MINERALS.

       (a) In General.--Section 1703(b) of the Energy Policy Act 
     of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16513(b)) is amended by adding at the end 
     the following:
       ``(13) Projects that increase the domestic supply of 
     critical minerals (as defined in section 7002(a) of the 
     Energy Act of 2020 (30 U.S.C. 1606(a)), including through the 
     production, processing, and recycling of critical minerals 
     and the fabrication of mineral alternatives.''.
       (b) Prohibition on Use of Previously Appropriated Funds.--
     Amounts appropriated to the Department of Energy before the 
     date of enactment of this Act shall not be made available for 
     the cost of loan guarantees made under paragraph (13) of 
     section 1703(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 
     16513(b)).
       (c) Prohibition on Use of Previously Available Commitment 
     Authority.--Amounts made available to the Department of 
     Energy for commitments to guarantee loans under section 1703 
     of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16513) before the 
     date of enactment of this Act shall not be made available for 
     commitments to guarantee loans for projects described in 
     paragraph (13) of section 1703(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 
     2005 (42 U.S.C. 16513(b)).
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