SECURE Minerals Act of 2026

This bill establishes the Strategic Resilience Reserve Corporation of the United States, a wholly owned government corporation, to support stable and competitive markets for critical minerals and materials, reduce supply chain vulnerabilities, and promote domestic and partner country production and processing. It creates a Board of Governors and several divisions to identify eligible minerals, collect data, assess market risks, set production standards, and provide financing or acquisition support, with oversight and transparency requirements.

Sec. 101, Establishment: Creates the Strategic Resilience Reserve Corporation of the United States as a government corporation to support free and fair markets, stable prices, responsible production, and adequate supplies of critical minerals and materials.

Sec. 102, Board of Governors: Establishes a 7-member board appointed by the President with Senate confirmation, including a Chairperson and Vice-chairperson, with expertise in commodities, finance, or critical minerals, and fair representation of Tribal, labor, environmental, industrial, and commercial interests.

Sec. 201, General authorities: Allows the Reserve to issue rules, acquire land and facilities, store critical minerals, contract with private entities for storage, and partner with private sector, academia, and federal agencies.

Sec. 202, Identification of eligible critical minerals and materials: Requires the Reserve to create and maintain a list of eligible non-fuel minerals or materials that have vulnerable supply chains and are necessary for national defense, energy infrastructure, or other specified purposes.

Sec. 203, Data collection: Establishes a Division of Data Collection to develop a proprietary dataset on global critical mineral markets, including production costs, transaction prices, and supply-demand forecasts.

Sec. 204, Critical mineral and material market risk and vulnerability assessment: Establishes a Division of Risk and Vulnerability Evaluation to model threats, price movements, supply chain vulnerabilities, and cross-sectoral impacts of shocks.

Sec. 205, Production standards: Establishes a Division of Production Standards to assess environmental and labor practices in foreign production and publish annual reports.

Sec. 206, Financing and acquisition of critical minerals or materials: Authorizes the Reserve to deploy financing and acquisition tools, considering risk assessments, diversification, and existing federal investments, but not to benefit foreign entities of concern.

Sec. 207, Sale of critical minerals or materials: Allows the Reserve to sell stored minerals during supply shortages or to support its purposes, and to sell non-critical minerals under certain conditions.

Sec. 301, Corporate powers: Grants the Reserve powers to adopt a seal, make contracts, acquire property, hire personnel, and indemnify directors and employees.

Sec. 302, Records and accounts: Authorizes the Board to require recordkeeping, audit storage facilities, and inspect records and facilities.

Sec. 401, Risk and audit committees: Requires the Reserve to establish risk and audit committees within one year to manage risks, monitor participants, and ensure financial integrity.

Sec. 402, Annual audit and comptroller review: Mandates annual independent audits of financial statements and a biennial review by the Comptroller General.

Sec. 403, Reporting and transparency: Requires an annual report to the President, Congress, and others, including transaction summaries and risk information, and mandates testimony and a public transaction database.