{"format":1,"id":"119-hr-3617","congress":119,"number":"H.R. 3617","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"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.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"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."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act"},{"type":"Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text","title":"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."},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2025-05-29","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2026-02-11","vote":{"id":"119-2026-h64","question":"On Passage","title":"Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act","result":"Passed","yea":223,"nay":206,"present":0,"not_voting":3,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/roll064.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"pending","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"not_yet","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":"2026-02-12"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[{"chamber":"house","date":"2026-02-11","question":"On Motion to Recommit","title":"Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act","result":"Failed","yea":214,"nay":215,"present":0,"not_voting":3,"kind":"procedural","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/roll063.xml"}],"crs_summary":{"date":"2025-09-11","stage":"Reported to House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Securing America's Critical Minerals Supply Act"},{"k":"p","t":"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."},{"k":"p","t":"As part of its duties, DOE must conduct ongoing assessments of"},{"k":"li","t":"energy resource criticality,","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"the U.S. supply chain of critical energy resources and its vulnerabilities,","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"the diversity of domestic critical energy resource supply chains,","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"capacity constraints on the domestic production of critical energy resources,","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"federal regulations affecting the domestic production or importation of critical energy resources,","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"how energy security is affected by reliance on imports of critical energy resources, and","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"how adversarial nations seek to exploit critical energy resource markets to undermine investment in the United States.","d":1},{"k":"p","t":"DOE must also"},{"k":"li","t":"facilitate the development of strategies to strengthen critical energy resource supply chains,","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"develop substitutes and alternatives to critical energy resources, and","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"improve technology that reuses and recycles critical energy resources.","d":1}],"words":187},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to add securing the supply of critical energy resources to the Department of Energy's purposes and functions, and directs the Secretary of Energy to assess and act on critical energy resource supply chains.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3617/text/eh#HDE710AF96BC94F459DECF1A694114CCD"},{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3617/text/eh#H03A4F1B075974477813DFD9312CE6CB0"}]},"core_areas":["Critical energy resource supply chain security at the Department of Energy","Assessments of critical energy resource supply chains and import reliance","Substitutes, recycling and reuse of critical energy resources"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Defines a critical energy resource as an energy resource that is essential to the energy sector and energy systems of the United States and whose supply chain is vulnerable to disruption.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3617/text/eh#HDE710AF96BC94F459DECF1A694114CCD"}},{"text":"Adds to the Department of Energy Organization Act a purpose of ensuring an adequate and reliable supply of critical energy resources that are essential to the energy security of the United States.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3617/text/eh#HDE710AF96BC94F459DECF1A694114CCD"}},{"text":"Adds to the Department of Energy Organization Act functions relating to securing the supply of critical energy resources, including identifying and mitigating the effects of a supply disruption on energy technologies and energy systems.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3617/text/eh#HDE710AF96BC94F459DECF1A694114CCD"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary of Energy to conduct ongoing assessments of energy resource criticality, the supply chain and its vulnerability, domestic production capacity constraints, federal regulations, and import reliance.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3617/text/eh#H03A4F1B075974477813DFD9312CE6CB0"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary of Energy to facilitate strategies to strengthen supply chains by diversifying supply sources and increasing domestic production, separation and processing, and to develop substitutes and alternatives and improve reuse and recycling technology.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3617/text/eh#H03A4F1B075974477813DFD9312CE6CB0"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary of Energy to submit a report on the status of the assessments to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources not later than two years after enactment.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3617/text/eh#H03A4F1B075974477813DFD9312CE6CB0"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2026-02-11","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3617/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-03","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3617","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3617/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hr-3617.png","v":"5a6acf9db519","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 3617, 119th Congress: Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act. House: 223 Yea, 206 Nay. Senate: not yet considered. Outcome: Passed House, 11 Feb 2026."}}