Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act
- Introduced May 29
- Committee May 29
- Passed House Feb 11
- Passed Senate Next
- To President Not yet
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Where it stands
Passed House, Feb 11, 2026Next: Senate vote
258d ago Feb 12, 2026: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Final votes
House 223-206
2 roll calls on this bill
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Votes
House roll 64
On Passage
R 214-1 D 9-205
223-206
Passed
Procedural votes1
House roll 63
On Motion to Recommit
R 0-215 D 214-0
214-215
Failed
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Summary
Securing America's Critical Minerals Supply Act
Full summary13 paragraphs
This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to secure the supply of critical energy resources that are essential to the energy security of the United States. A critical energy resource means an energy resource (1) that is essential to the energy sector and energy systems of the United States, and (2) the supply chain of which is vulnerable to disruption.
As part of its duties, DOE must conduct ongoing assessments of
- energy resource criticality,
- the U.S. supply chain of critical energy resources and its vulnerabilities,
- the diversity of domestic critical energy resource supply chains,
- capacity constraints on the domestic production of critical energy resources,
- federal regulations affecting the domestic production or importation of critical energy resources,
- how energy security is affected by reliance on imports of critical energy resources, and
- how adversarial nations seek to exploit critical energy resource markets to undermine investment in the United States.
DOE must also
- facilitate the development of strategies to strengthen critical energy resource supply chains,
- develop substitutes and alternatives to critical energy resources, and
- improve technology that reuses and recycles critical energy resources.
Library of Congress summary, Sep 11, 2025
Summary versions
- Reported to HouseSep 11, 2025
Actions
- SenateReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.Feb 12, 2026
- HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.Feb 11, 2026
- HousePassed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 223 - 206 (Roll no. 64).Feb 11, 2026
- HouseOn passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 223 - 206 (Roll no. 64). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H2150)Feb 11, 2026
- HouseOn motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 214 - 215 (Roll no. 63).Feb 11, 2026
- HouseConsidered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2167-2169)Feb 11, 2026
- HousePOSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 3617, the Chair put the question on the motion to recommit and by voice vote, announced the noes had prevailed. Mr. Landsman demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.Feb 11, 2026
- HouseThe previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX.Feb 11, 2026
- HouseMr. Landsman moved to recommit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. (text: CR H2154)Feb 11, 2026
- HouseThe previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.Feb 11, 2026
- HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 3617.Feb 11, 2026
- HouseRule provides for consideration of S. 1383, H.R. 2189, H.R. 261 and H.R. 3617. The resolution provides for consideration of S. 1383, H.R. 2189, H.R. 261, and H.R. 3617 under a closed rule and provides for one motion to recommit H.R. 2189, H.R. 261, and H.R. 3617, and one motion to commit S. 1383.Feb 11, 2026
All actions26
- HouseConsidered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1057. (consideration: CR H2150-2154)Feb 11, 2026
- HouseRule H. Res. 1057 passed House.Feb 11, 2026
- HouseRules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1057 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of S. 1383, H.R. 2189, H.R. 261 and H.R. 3617. The resolution provides for consideration of S. 1383, H.R. 2189, H.R. 261, and H.R. 3617 under a closed rule and provides for one motion to recommit H.R. 2189, H.R. 261, and H.R. 3617, and one motion to commit S. 1383.Feb 11, 2026
- HouseRule H. Res. 1042 failed passage of House.Feb 10, 2026
- HouseRules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1042 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2189, H.R. 261 and H.R. 3617. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 2189, H.R. 261, and H.R. 3617 under a closed rule and provides for one hour of debate and one motion to recommit on each bill.Feb 9, 2026
- HouseReported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-268.Sep 11, 2025
- HousePlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 224.Sep 11, 2025
- HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session HeldJun 25, 2025
- HouseOrdered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 21.Jun 25, 2025
- HouseSubcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session HeldJun 5, 2025
- HouseForwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.Jun 5, 2025
- HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Energy.Jun 3, 2025
- HouseIntroduced in HouseMay 29, 2025
- HouseReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.May 29, 2025
Bill record
Text versions4
- Referred in SenateFeb 12, 2026PDF: Referred in Senate
- Engrossed in HouseFeb 11, 2026PDF: Engrossed in House
- Reported in HouseSep 11, 2025PDF: Reported in House
- Introduced in HouseMay 29, 2025PDF: Introduced in House
Committees2
- Senate Energy and Natural Resources CommitteeReferred To Feb 12, 2026
- House Energy and Commerce CommitteeReported By Sep 11, 2025Markup By, Jun 25, 2025Referred To, May 29, 2025
- Subcommittee: Energy SubcommitteeReported by
Sponsor and cosponsors4 cosponsors
- Rep. John James (R-MI-10)Sponsor, May 29, 2025
- Jay Obernolte (R-CA-23)OriginalJoined May 29, 2025
- Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-1)OriginalJoined May 29, 2025
- Neal Dunn (R-FL-2)Joined Jun 23, 2025
- Erin Houchin (R-IN-9)Joined Jun 26, 2025
Amendments1
- H.Amdt. 164Feb 11, 2026Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1057, the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Energy and Commerce is considered adopted.On agreeing to the Rules amendment (A001) Agreed to without objection.
Cost estimates and reports2
- CBO: H.R. 3617, Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply ActAug 15, 2025As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on June 25, 2025
- H. Rept. 119-268Committee report
Titles2
Short titles
- Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply ActShort Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
Official titles
- To amend the Department of Energy Organization Act to secure the supply of critical energy resources, including critical minerals and other materials, and for other purposes.Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
Subjects9
Policy area
Legislative subjects
Energy researchEnergy storage, supplies, demandGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsMiningResearch and developmentStrategic materials and reservesSupply chain
Related bills2
- H.Res. 1042 119th, Procedurally related Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2189) to modernize Federal firearms laws to account for advancements in technology and less-than-lethal weapons, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 261) to amend the National Marine Sanctuaries Act to prohibit requiring an authorization for the installation, continued presence, operation, maintenance, repair, or recovery of undersea fiber optic cables in a national marine sanctuary if such activities have previously been authorized by a Federal or State agency; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3617) to amend the Department of Energy Organization Act to secure the supply of critical energy resources, including critical minerals and other materials, and for other purposes; and for other purposes.
- H.Res. 1057 119th, Procedurally related Providing for consideration of the bill (S. 1383) to establish the Veterans Advisory Committee on Equal Access, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2189) to modernize Federal firearms laws to account for advancements in technology and less-than-lethal weapons, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 261) to amend the National Marine Sanctuaries Act to prohibit requiring an authorization for the installation, continued presence, operation, maintenance, repair, or recovery of undersea fiber optic cables in a national marine sanctuary if such activities have previously been authorized by a Federal or State agency; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3617) to amend the Department of Energy Organization Act to secure the supply of critical energy resources, including critical minerals and other materials, and for other purposes; and waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules.
Official record from Congress.gov, the House Clerk and the Senate; lobbying from Lobbying Disclosure Act filings. Updated Oct 27, 2026.