PRECIOUS METALS

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of Energy: establish program to incentivize investment in facilities that carry out metallurgy of rare earth elements and production of finished rare earth products (see S. 44), S74 [24JA] (see H.R. 2888), H2047 [26AP]

Dept. of Justice: establish taskforce to develop and implement strategies to deter, prevent, and combat, theft and trafficking of catalytic converters and other automobile parts containing precious metals (see S. 2061), S2145 [20JN]

Dept. of State: establish and implement multi-year Legal Gold and Mining Partnership Strategy to reduce negative environmental and social impacts of illicit gold mining in Western Hemisphere (see S. 797), S772 [14MR] (see H.R. 5570), H4407 [19SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: alter metallic composition of U.S. coins (see S. 1228), S1293 [20AP] (see H.R. 2817), H1945 [25AP]

——— define dollar as fixed weight of gold (see H.R. 2435), H1691 [30MR]

Foreign trade: ensure goods made with child labor or forced labor in Democratic Republic of the Congo do not enter U.S. market and counter control of strategic metals and minerals by China (see H.R. 4443), H3159 [30JN]

Motor vehicles: prevent theft of catalytic converters and other precious metal car parts (see S. 154), S147 [30JA] (see H.R. 621), H509 [30JA]

Remarks in House

Dept. of the Treasury: define dollar as fixed weight of gold, H1268 [10MR]

Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act: expand permitting eligibility for projects related to extraction, recovery, or processing of critical minerals from coal waste, H1596 [29MR]

Motor vehicles: prevent theft of catalytic converters and other precious metal car parts (H.R. 621), H2414 [17MY]

Reports filed

U.S. Legal Gold and Mining Partnership Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 797), S1533 [4MY]