# 119-hr-3617: Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act

119-hr-3617, Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. James, John [R-MI-10] (R-MI); status passed_house; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-10).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-3617
- Congress: 119
- Title: Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act
- Status: passed_house
- Introduced: 2025-05-29
- Sponsor: Rep. James, John [R-MI-10] (R-MI)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Policy area: Energy
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-10

## Summary

**Securing the supply of critical energy resources** is the bill's main goal. It would require the Department of Energy to define which energy resources are "critical" and to plan how to prevent supply disruptions. - The Department of Energy would run ongoing assessments of critical energy resources and their supply chains. These assessments must examine resource criticality, supply-chain vulnerability, diversity, capacity constraints, federal regulations, reliance on imports, and how adversarial nations may exploit markets. - U.S. producers, processors, and workers would be targeted by required strategies to diversify sources, increase domestic production, separation, processing, and recycling, and to develop substitutes and alternatives. The Secretary must identify material or labor shortages that limit domestic capacity. - The energy sector would get focused analysis on how supply disruptions affect the development and operation of energy technologies and systems. The Secretary must submit a status report within two years describing assessment results and any regulations, guidance, or actions taken.

## Cosponsors (4)

- Rep. Obernolte, Jay [R-CA-23] (R-CA), 2025-05-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette [R-IA-1] (R-IA), 2025-05-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2] (R-FL), 2025-06-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Houchin, Erin [R-IN-9] (R-IN), 2025-06-26T00:00:00.000Z

## Votes

| Date | Chamber | Question | Result | Yea | Nay |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-02-11T00:00:00.000Z | house | On Motion to Recommit | Failed | 214 | 215 |
| 2026-02-11T00:00:00.000Z | house | On Passage | Passed | 223 | 206 |

## Provisions PRIA read

- Energy Department plan to secure minerals: benefit, high. This bill would task the Energy Department with securing supplies of key energy minerals. It would define critical energy resources as materials essential to U.S. energy systems with supply chains at risk. The Department would run ongoing checks of these supply chains with federal agencies, states,…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-3617 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3617)

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- [119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9237)
- [119-hr-703: Main Street Tax Certainty Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-703)
- [119-hr-38: Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-38)
- [119-hr-1232: National Right-to-Work Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1232)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3617 (as of 2026-09-10).