Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act
Latest action (Feb 12, 2026) — Received in the Senate and Read twice and on Energy and Natural Resources.
What it does
Congressional Research Service, Sep 11, 2025This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to secure the supply of critical energy resources that are essential to the energy security of the United States. A critical energy resource means an energy resource (1) that is essential to the energy sector and energy systems of the United States, and (2) the supply chain of which is vulnerable to disruption.
As part of its duties, DOE must conduct ongoing assessments of
energy resource criticality,the U.S. supply chain of critical energy resources and its vulnerabilities, the diversity of domestic critical energy resource supply chains,capacity constraints on the domestic production of critical energy resources,federal regulations affecting the domestic production or importation of critical energy resources, how energy security is affected by reliance on imports of critical energy resources, and how adversarial nations seek to exploit critical energy resource markets to undermine investment in the United States.DOE must also
facilitate the development of strategies to strengthen critical energy resource supply chains,develop substitutes and alternatives to critical energy resources, andimprove technology that reuses and recycles critical energy resources.
Face Value
as passed the HouseHow much of this bill its name accounts for.
- Every bill starts at100
- Nothing counted against it: one area of law, and short enough that length doesn't register.
Face Value measures reach, not honesty. A big bill can be accurately named, and a low score is not an accusation — it means the contents reach further than any short title could describe. Count it yourself ↗ How this is worked out
What Congress did
2 recordeddecisive vote
House · Feb 11, 2026
Whether the bill passes the House. This is the vote most people mean.
On
House · Feb 11, 2026
The minority party's last attempt to change the bill by sending it back to committee. It usually fails and is usually about forcing an awkward vote.
Who lobbied on this
3 organizationsThese organizations told Congress, in their own quarterly disclosures, that they were lobbying on this bill.
- Duke Energy Corporationno position stated
“…H.R. 3657 - The Hydropower Relicensing Transparency Act (uprating and approvals of hydropower turbine replacement). H.R. 3617 - Securing Americas Critical Materials Supply Act (uranium classification as a critical material). E.O. 14179 Removing Barriers to American…” filing ↗
- Edison Electric Instituteno position stated
“…for Reliability and Affordability Act H.R. 3657, Hydropower Relicensing Transparency Act H.R. 3015, National Coal Council Reestablishment Act H.R. 3617, Securing Americas Critical Minerals Supply Act H.R. 3062, Promoting Cross-Border Energy Infrastructure Act H.R. 5600, SPEED and Reliability…” filing ↗
- Xcel Energyno position stated
“…H.R. 3617, Securing Americas Critical Minerals Supply…” filing ↗
Most filings say only that an organization lobbied on a bill, not which side it took — where that's the case we say so rather than guessing. Quotes are verbatim from the filing. How this is built.
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