[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2511]
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  SA 307. Mr. TILLIS (for himself and Mr. Coons) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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 appropriate place in subtitle G of title X, insert 
     the following:

     SEC. 10___. INCLUSION OF PHOSPHATE AND POTASH AS CRITICAL 
                   MINERALS.

       (a) In General.--The list of critical minerals published in 
     the notice of the Secretary of the Interior entitled ``2022 
     Final List of Critical Minerals'' (87 Fed. Reg. 10381 
     (February 24, 2022)) shall be deemed to include phosphate and 
     potash.
       (b) Recommendations.--Not later than 90 days after the date 
     of enactment of this section, the Secretary of the Interior 
     shall evaluate current policies related to permitting and 
     leasing of projects to develop the minerals described in 
     subsection (a) and issue recommendations to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee 
     on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives to 
     support domestic production of those minerals.
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