[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 190 (Thursday, October 28, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7518]
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  SA 4061. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to 
the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle C of title XIV, add the following:

     SEC. 1424. BRIEFING ON ABILITY OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO 
                   RECOVER RARE EARTH MATERIALS FROM END-OF-LIFE 
                   ITEMS.

       Not later than October 1, 2022, the Under Secretary of 
     Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall brief the 
     Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives on the ability of the Department of Defense--
       (1) to identify end-of-life items that contain rare earth 
     materials;
       (2) to sell or barter such items to rare earth recycling 
     manufacturers; and
       (3) to ensure that recovered rare earth materials and other 
     critical materials are retained in the United States.
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