# 119-hr-4350: Unearth America’s Future Act 119-hr-4350, Unearth America’s Future Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Stevens, Haley M. [D-MI-11] (D-MI); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-07-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4350 - As of: 2026-07-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: 119-hr-4350 - Congress: 119 - Title: Unearth America’s Future Act - Status: introduced - Introduced: 2025-07-10 - Sponsor: Rep. Stevens, Haley M. [D-MI-11] (D-MI) - Cosponsors: 3 - Policy area: Taxation - Touches household money: yes - Last recorded action: 2026-07-19 ## Summary **Securing domestic critical material supply chains.** The Unearth America's Future Act creates loans, an Investment Fund, and tax credits to grow U.S. capacity to extract, process, recycle, and manufacture critical materials. It pairs those incentives with labor protections, environmental safeguards, and expanded research and workforce programs. - Manufacturers and investors gain a Commerce Department loan and loan guarantee program with individual domestic loans generally capped around $1 billion and award limits up to about $2 billion. The bill also creates a Critical Material Investment Credit (15% base, up to 25% under qualifying criteria) and a production credit with base rates starting at 15% for initial production. - Workers and labor organizations get explicit protections. Loan recipients must follow collective bargaining and neutrality frameworks, meet Davis-Bacon prevailing wage rules on projects, and link higher credit rates to apprenticeship and wage standards. - Researchers, communities, and the environment see dedicated R&D and training funding. NSF and DOE programs, testbeds, and a public-private partnership will support recycling, substitutes, decarbonization, and community engagement, with P3 funding ramping from $15 million in FY2026 to $75 million annually by FY2030. ## Cosponsors (3) - Rep. Clyburn, James E. [D-SC-6] (D-SC), 2025-07-10T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Scholten, Hillary J. [D-MI-3] (D-MI), 2025-07-22T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Brown, Shontel M. [D-OH-11] (D-OH), 2025-07-23T00:00:00.000Z ## Provisions PRIA read - Big federal loans for materials projects: benefit, high. If enacted, Commerce would start a loan and loan guarantee program within one year to help build or upgrade critical material facilities. Applicants would need a detailed plan, strong finances, and must avoid foreign countries and entities of concern; funds could support facilities, equipment, R&D,… - Tax credit for materials facilities: benefit, high. If enacted, businesses could claim an investment tax credit for money put into a qualifying critical material facility. The base credit would be 15% of qualified investment, or 25% if the facility meets certain rules or mainly produces supply‑vulnerable, substitute, or recycled materials. Facilitie… - Tax credit for U.S. materials production: benefit, high. If enacted, producers could claim a nonrefundable credit on the cost of producing eligible materials in the U.S. Base rates would be 15% for initial production, 10% if all inputs are domestic, or 7.5% if inputs are domestic or from a listed safe country. Add 10 percentage points if the project meet… - Grants and training for materials research: benefit, medium. If enacted, DOE could award pilot grants up to $25 million each to expand domestic capacity, with $150 million per year authorized for FY2026–FY2030. DOE would prioritize at least 40% of dollars for substitutes, recycling, or secondary recovery and bar exporting processes to countries of concern. N… - New center and investment fund for materials: benefit, medium. If enacted, Commerce would set up a National Center to study and strengthen critical material supply chains. The Center would publish public reports and work with other agencies and allies. A public‑private partnership would launch within one year and run an Investment Fund that prioritizes U.S. su… - Treasury advisory board on materials: benefit, low. If enacted, Treasury would set up an advisory board with at least 15 members to guide policy on growing U.S. critical materials capacity. At least one environmental and one labor representative would serve. The board would be exempt from a key federal advisory rule, and Treasury would consult it wh… - Higher pay and faster union recognition: mixed, medium. If enacted, workers on projects funded by these loans would be paid local prevailing wages under Davis‑Bacon rules. Employers that get loans would have to recognize a union if a majority of workers sign valid cards, without a required election. Bargaining would start within 10 days of a written req… ## Related bills - 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025 - 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act - 119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026 - 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act - 119-hr-7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026 - 119-hr-3816: Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025 ## Sources - [119-hr-4350 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4350) ## Related - [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151) - [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977) - [119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7481) - [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973) - [119-hr-7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7853) - [119-hr-3816: Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3816) - [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4350 (as of 2026-07-19).