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119-s-5637119th CongressWALLET

STRATA Act of 2026

Sponsored By: Senator Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]

Introduced

Summary

Accelerate development and adoption of critical-minerals technologies. This bill would create a State Department program to build international public‑private partnerships, run a public digital platform for project matchmaking, add a new foreign assistance authority for science and technology tied to critical minerals, and include a 10-year sunset with protections for existing partnerships.

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  • Families and workers: By supporting projects that diversify supply chains and aggregate demand, the measure aims to reduce disruption risks for U.S. manufacturers and the jobs that depend on critical minerals. It could improve market certainty for long-term offtake and investment.
  • Allied governments and partner countries: The bill authorizes grants, cooperative agreements, technical assistance, and shared pilot or demonstration facilities to jointly develop extraction, processing, recycling, and related technologies. It sets eligibility rules that exclude countries of concern and favors allied partners.
  • Researchers, labs, and industry: It funds International Centers of Excellence, enables joint solicitations and co‑funded R&D, and lets a Program Director coordinate with DOE, national labs, and finance agencies to speed commercialization. Partnerships must include benchmarks, IP rules, data governance, and monitoring requirements.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.

State Department supports mineral technology partnerships

If enacted, the State Department would create a Critical Minerals Innovation Partnership Program to fund international research, demonstrations, and deployment of mineral supply‑chain technologies. The Secretary would appoint a Program Director to run the program, solicit and evaluate proposals (including unsolicited ones), and coordinate with other agencies and national labs. The program would support International Centers of Excellence and require a public digital platform that lists opportunities and accepts proposals from U.S. entities.

Program authorities end after ten years

If enacted, the bill’s authorities would terminate 10 years after enactment. That termination would not end partnerships, grants, or agreements entered before that date. Funds obligated before termination could still be spent for their originally authorized purposes, and administrative work to close out agreements could continue after the termination date.

Funding and rules for allied mineral projects

If enacted, the Secretary of State would be able to make available funds from the National Security Investment Programs heading, including the Economic Resilience Initiative, to establish partnerships with allied and partner countries. The President, through the State Department, would also be able to provide grants, cooperative agreements, and technical help for pilot, demonstration, and scale projects in many technology areas tied to critical minerals. The Secretary would set eligibility rules that prefer allied partners and bar countries of concern and related entities. Each partnership agreement would need objectives, benchmarks, multiyear funding and oversight plans, IP and dispute rules, and the Director and Secretary would notify Congress before partnerships or obligations (Director: at least 30 days before a partnership; Secretary: at least 15 days before obligating funds under the new assistance authority).

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]

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Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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