Critical Mineral Consistency Act of 2025

House Bill

H.R. 755

119th Congress

Critical Mineral Consistency Act of 2025

In Committee

Introduced:Jan 28, 2025

Primary Sponsor

Don Bacon

Representative

Republican

NE-2

Cosponsors

13

Quick Stats

Policy Area

Energy

Summary

This bill ensures consistency between the Department of Energy critical materials list and the USGS critical minerals list, requiring USGS to include DOE-designated critical materials within 45 days of their designation to avoid gaps in supply chain protection efforts.

Latest Action

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

SponsorDon Bacon (R-NE)

Introduced1/28/2025

StatusReferred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

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Critical Mineral Consistency Act of 2025

This bill ensures consistency between the Department of Energy critical materials list and the USGS critical minerals list, requiring USGS to include DOE-designated critical materials within 45 days of their designation to avoid gaps in supply chain protection

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This bill ensures consistency between the Department of Energy critical materials list and the USGS critical minerals list, requiring USGS to include DOE-designated critical materials within 45 days of their designation to avoid gaps in supply chain protection efforts.

Bill Number: 755
Sponsor: Don Bacon (R-NE)
Introduced: 1/28/2025
Status: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Policy Area: Energy

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Title: Critical Mineral Consistency Act of 2025
Bill Number: 755
Sponsor: Don Bacon (R-NE)
Status: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Introduced: 1/28/2025
Summary: This bill ensures consistency between the Department of Energy critical materials list and the USGS critical minerals list, requiring USGS to include DOE-designated critical materials within 45 days of their designation to avoid gaps in supply chain protection efforts.

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Plain-English explanation of this bill

This bill ensures consistency between the Department of Energy critical materials list and the USGS critical minerals list, requiring USGS to include DOE-designated critical materials within 45 days of their designation to avoid gaps in supply chain protection efforts.

Last updated: 1/5/2026

Official Summary

Congressional Research Service summary

Critical Mineral Consistency Act of 2025This bill modifies the Energy Act of 2020 to expand the definition of critical minerals to include critical materials designated by the Department of Energy (DOE).Under current law, DOE's critical materials list contains certain materials that are essential for energy, including those on the critical minerals list of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The USGS's list, which contains certain minerals that are essential to the nation's economic or national security, is not required to include the materials on DOE's list. Currently, both lists include minerals with a high risk of supply chain disruptions, and both DOE and USGS must conduct a variety of efforts to ensure a secure and reliable supply chain of the minerals. By expanding the definition of critical minerals, this bill requires the USGS to include on its list the materials on DOE's list. Within 45 days of DOE adding a  mineral, element, substance, or material to its critical materials list, the USGS must update its list to include such mineral, element, substance, or material.

Key Points

Main provisions of the bill

Aligns DOE and USGS critical mineral definitions
Requires USGS to include DOE-designated materials
Creates 45-day update requirement
Improves supply chain protection coordination
Addresses national security mineral needs

How This Impacts Americans

Potential effects on citizens and communities

Federal agencies would have consistent critical mineral classifications. Supply chain protection efforts would be better coordinated. Industries dependent on critical minerals would benefit from unified federal approach.

Policy Areas

Primary Policy Area

Energy

Scope & Jurisdiction

Jurisdiction Level

federal

Congressional Session

119th Congress

Citation Reference

755, 119th Congress (2025). "Critical Mineral Consistency Act of 2025". Source: Voter's Right Platform. https://votersright.org/bills/118-hr-755

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