# 2025-06836: President Bolsters Critical Minerals Supply for National Security

2025-06836, Ensuring National Security and Economic Resilience Through Section 232 Actions on Processed Critical Minerals and Derivative Products, is a Federal Register presidential document from Executive Office of the President published 2025-04-18, effective 2025-04-15 (as of 2026-11-04).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-06836
- As of: 2026-11-04
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## Facts
- Document number: 2025-06836
- Title: Ensuring National Security and Economic Resilience Through Section 232 Actions on Processed Critical Minerals and Derivative Products
- Type: Presidential Document
- Agencies: Executive Office of the President
- Citation: 90 FR 16437
- Published: 2025-04-18
- Effective: 2025-04-15
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-04

## In one line

President Bolsters Critical Minerals Supply for National Security

## Summary

The U.S. is taking action to protect its supply of processed critical minerals and products made from them because they’re super important for our economy and national security. Right now, we rely too much on a few foreign suppliers, which puts us at risk. This new order aims to strengthen domestic supply chains, boost manufacturing, and keep prices steady, helping industries and defense stay strong and ready.

## Effects PRIA read

- Possible Tariffs and Import Limits: cost, medium. The Secretary of Commerce will consider imposing tariffs and other import restrictions on processed critical minerals and derivative products as part of a Section 232 investigation. These measures are listed explicitly as options the Secretary may recommend to mitigate national security risks.
- Stricter Anti-Circumvention Rules: cost, low. The Secretary will consider safeguards to avoid circumvention and weakening of any Section 232 measures on processed critical minerals. If adopted, these safeguards could increase compliance and monitoring requirements for importers and manufacturers.
- Incentives for Domestic Production and Recycling: benefit, medium. The Secretary will consider policies to incentivize domestic production, processing, and recycling of processed critical minerals and derivative products. These incentives are intended to strengthen U.S. manufacturing and recycling capacity for these inputs.
- Possible Emergency Economic Measures (IEEPA): cost, medium. The Secretary may consider additional measures under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to mitigate national security risks related to processed critical minerals. Such measures would be an option alongside tariffs and incentives.

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## Sources
- [2025-06836 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/18/2025-06836/ensuring-national-security-and-economic-resilience-through-section-232-actions-on-processed-critical)
- [2025-06836 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-04-18/pdf/2025-06836.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-06836 (as of 2026-11-04).