Domestic USA Act

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7938 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7938

    To provide for the inclusion of uranium on the list of critical 
                   minerals, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 3, 2022

 Mrs. Lesko (for herself, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Cawthorn, Mr. Biggs, and Mr. 
 Schweikert) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
    To provide for the inclusion of uranium on the list of critical 
                   minerals, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Domestic Uranium Saves America Act'' 
or the ``Domestic USA Act''.

SEC. 2. URANIUM CRITICAL MINERAL STATUS.

    Notwithstanding the exclusion of fuel minerals from the definition 
of the term ``critical mineral'' under any Federal law, regulation, or 
Executive order, uranium--
            (1) is deemed to be included on the 2022 final list of 
        critical minerals in the notice entitled ``2022 Final List of 
        Critical Minerals'' published by the United States Geological 
        Survey (87 Fed. Reg. 10381; February 24, 2022), and shall be 
        treated as if included on that list at the time of publication; 
        and
            (2) shall be included on each subsequent list of critical 
        minerals published pursuant to section 7002 of the Energy Act 
        of 2020 (30 U.S.C. 1606).
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