[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S4766]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2446. Mr. BUDD (for himself, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Brown, Mr. Ricketts, 
Mr. Marshall, Mr. Scott of Florida, and Mr. Coons) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4638, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 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 H of title X, insert 
     the following:

     SEC. 10____. DESIGNATION OF POTASH AND PHOSPHATE AS CRITICAL 
                   MINERALS.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Covered country.--The term ``covered country'' means--
       (A) a covered nation (as defined in section 4872(d) of 
     title 10, United States Code); and
       (B) any other country determined by the Secretary of 
     Defense to be a strategic competitor or adversary of the 
     United States for the purposes of this section.
       (2) Critical mineral.--The term ``critical mineral'' has 
     the meaning given the term in section 7002(a) of the Energy 
     Act of 2020 (30 U.S.C. 1606(a)).
       (b) Potash and Phosphate in Fertilizer Production.--Not 
     later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
     the Secretary of the Interior shall designate potash and 
     phosphate individually as critical minerals if the Secretary 
     of the Interior determines that fertilizer produced with 
     potash and phosphate in covered countries accounts for 
     collectively 20 percent or more of the global production of 
     fertilizer produced using potash and phosphate.
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