Critical Minerals Security Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Senator John Cornyn
Introduced
Summary
securing U.S. access to critical minerals and rare earth elements. This bill would require the Department of the Interior to map global supplies, set up a process to help U.S. sellers avoid buyers tied to adversary countries, and build a tech-sharing strategy with allies to expand mining and recycling capacity.
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- U.S. manufacturers and supply chains: Would get regular global reports on critical mineral and rare earth element resources, including who controls them and estimates of mine output and remaining reserves. Reports arrive within 1 year and then every 2 years.
- U.S. investors and companies: Would create a notification process for a U.S. person seeking to divest stock in foreign mining, processing, or recycling operations and allow Interior to assist in finding purchasers not controlled by North Korea, China, Russia, or Iran.
- U.S. allies and technology developers: Would require a strategy, within 1 year, to collaborate on advanced mining, refining, separation, processing, and recycling technologies and a method to share resulting intellectual property so allies can license and use those technologies.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 4 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Regular global critical minerals report
If enacted, the Interior Secretary would deliver to Congress a global report on critical minerals and rare earth elements within 1 year and every 2 years after. The unclassified report must identify who controls key resources, list per‑mine output and owners for significant producers, include recycled sources, and give aggregate estimates for other mines. It must also list foreign entities of concern, note forced divestitures or takeovers, assess technical feasibility for U.S. or allied firms, and may include a classified annex.
U.S. plan to share mining technology
If enacted, the Interior Secretary, with Energy and other agencies, would have 1 year to make a strategy to work with allied governments on advanced mining, refining, separation, processing, and recycling technologies. The plan must include a method to share resulting intellectual property so allies can license and use the technologies. The Secretary would report progress to Congress within one year and then every year after.
Who counts as a U.S. person
If enacted, the bill would define key terms for this section. 'United States person' would include U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, and entities organized under U.S. law, including foreign branches. The bill would list specific rare earth elements and refer to other laws for the meanings of 'covered nation', 'critical mineral', and 'foreign entity of concern'. These definitions would take effect on enactment.
Help selling foreign mining stock
If enacted, the Interior Secretary would set up a process within 1 year for United States persons to notify the government if they plan to sell stock in foreign mining, processing, or recycling operations for critical minerals and rare earths. The Secretary could, but would not have to, help find buyers not controlled by a covered nation. The help is discretionary and limited to those foreign mineral equity divestments.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
John Cornyn
TX • R
Cosponsors
Mark Warner
VA • D
Sponsored 2/27/2025
Todd Young
IN • R
Sponsored 2/27/2025
John Hickenlooper
CO • D
Sponsored 2/27/2025
Angus King
ME • I
Sponsored 2/27/2025
James Lankford
OK • R
Sponsored 3/6/2025
Christopher Coons
DE • D
Sponsored 4/10/2025
Roll Call Votes
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