CHARM Act
Sponsored By: Representative Palmer, Gary J. [R-AL-6]
In Committee
Summary
Recover critical minerals from discarded materials. This bill would create a national strategy led by the Environmental Protection Agency to coordinate federal efforts and identify how trash, mining residuals, and metal-processing wastes can be tapped for critical minerals.
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- Federal agencies: Directs the EPA to work with other relevant agencies to map existing programs and coordinate a National Critical Mineral Recovery Strategy.
- Reporting and oversight: Requires a public report to Congress every two years describing the Strategy, actions taken, planned activities, and legislative recommendations.
- Recycling and waste sectors: Calls for identifying discarded materials and waste streams that could be sources of critical minerals and for finding ways to expand recovery while noting legal and technical barriers.
- Supply chains and safety: Requires evaluating how recovered minerals can strengthen domestic supply chains and identifying recovery methods that minimize risks to human health and the environment.
*This bill does not impose an immediate funding requirement.*
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EPA plan to recover critical minerals
If enacted, the EPA Administrator would develop and carry out a National Critical Mineral Recovery Strategy. The strategy would identify EPA and other agency programs, potential discarded-material sources, and which critical minerals those wastes may contain. It would consider recovery from mining waste and metal-processing waste, list barriers and opportunities to expand recovery, and include ways to minimize risks to health and the environment. The Administrator would send the strategy and a report to the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, make the report public, and do so not later than two years after enactment and every two years thereafter. The bill would define “critical mineral” using the Energy Act of 2020 definition.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Palmer, Gary J. [R-AL-6]
AL • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]
NY • D
Sponsored 7/9/2026
Roll Call Votes
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