{"format":1,"id":"118-hr-8446","congress":118,"number":"H.R. 8446","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Critical Mineral Consistency Act of 2024","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend the Energy Act of 2020 to include critical materials in the definition of critical mineral, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend the Energy Act of 2020 to include critical materials in the definition of critical mineral, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Critical Mineral Consistency Act of 2024"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Critical Mineral Consistency Act of 2024"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Critical Mineral Consistency Act of 2024"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Critical Mineral Consistency Act of 2024"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2024-05-17","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2024-11-14","vote":{"id":"118-2024-h462","question":"On Passage","title":"Critical Mineral Consistency Act","result":"Passed","yea":245,"nay":155,"present":0,"not_voting":32,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll462.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.","date":"2024-11-18"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[{"chamber":"house","date":"2024-11-14","question":"On Motion to Recommit","title":"Critical Mineral Consistency Act","result":"Failed","yea":199,"nay":206,"present":0,"not_voting":27,"kind":"procedural","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll461.xml"}],"crs_summary":{"date":"2024-11-01","stage":"Reported to House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Critical Mineral Consistency Act of 2024"},{"k":"p","t":"This 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)."},{"k":"p","t":"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."},{"k":"p","t":"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."}],"words":175},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends the Energy Act of 2020 so that critical materials determined by the Secretary of Energy are included in the definition of critical mineral and on the list of critical minerals.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8446/text/eh#HEB455FBE0A98495B90732619F495825A"}]},"core_areas":["Definition of critical mineral in the Energy Act of 2020","Updating the list of critical minerals to include Department of Energy critical materials"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Rewrites the definition of \"critical mineral\" in section 7002(a)(3)(A) of the Energy Act of 2020 so that it covers any mineral, element, substance, or material designated as critical by the Secretary under subsection (c).","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8446/text/eh#HEB455FBE0A98495B90732619F495825A"}},{"text":"Adds to that definition a critical material as determined by the Secretary of Energy under paragraph (2)(A) of the same subsection.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8446/text/eh#HEB455FBE0A98495B90732619F495825A"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary to update the published list of critical minerals to include a non-fuel mineral, element, substance, or material that the Secretary of Energy determines to be a critical material.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8446/text/eh#HEB455FBE0A98495B90732619F495825A"}},{"text":"Sets a deadline of 45 days after the Secretary of Energy's determination for the Secretary to update the list of critical minerals.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8446/text/eh#HEB455FBE0A98495B90732619F495825A"}},{"text":"Provides that the Act may be cited as the \"Critical Mineral Consistency Act of 2024\".","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8446/text/eh#H6D8791EAFCE24C90A75404EF732AF53A"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2024-11-14","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8446/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-09-30","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8446","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8446/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-8446.png","v":"ac069c9f00f6","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 8446, 118th Congress: Critical Mineral Consistency Act of 2024. House: 245 Yea, 155 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 14 Nov 2024."}}