[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 157 (Wednesday, September 28, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5358]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5895. Mr. HEINRICH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 B of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 322. POLICY TO INCREASE DISPOSITION OF SPENT ADVANCED 
                   BATTERIES THROUGH RECYCLING.

       (a) Policy Required.--Not later than one year after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary of 
     Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment, in 
     coordination with the Director of the Defense Logistics 
     Agency, shall establish a policy to increase the disposition 
     of spent advanced batteries of the Department of Defense 
     through recycling (including by updating the Department of 
     Defense Manual 4160.21, titled ``Defense Material 
     Disposition: Disposal Guidance and Procedures'', or such 
     successor document, accordingly), for the purpose of 
     supporting the reclamation and return of precious metals, 
     rare earth metals, and elements of strategic importance (such 
     as cobalt and lithium) into the supply chain or strategic 
     reserves of the United States.
       (b) Considerations.--In developing the policy under 
     subsection (a), the Assistant Secretary shall consider, at a 
     minimum, the following recycling methods:
       (1) Pyroprocessing.
       (2) Hydroprocessing.
       (3) Direct cathode recycling, relithiation, and upcycling.
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