To include phosphate and potash on the final list of critical minerals of the Department of the Interior.

This bill includes phosphate and potash on the Department of the Interior's final list of critical minerals. (Under current law, Interior and other departments are required to conduct a variety of efforts to ensure a secure and reliable supply chain of critical minerals.)

Interior must evaluate current policies relating to permitting and leasing of projects to develop critical minerals and issue recommendations to Congress to support domestic production of such commodities. 

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4059 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4059

To include phosphate and potash on the final list of critical minerals 
                   of the Department of the Interior.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 13, 2023

 Mrs. Cammack (for herself, Ms. Slotkin, Mr. Panetta, and Mr. Moore of 
   Alabama) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To include phosphate and potash on the final list of critical minerals 
                   of the Department of the Interior.

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

SECTION 1. INCLUSION OF PHOSPHATE AND POTASH AS CRITICAL MINERALS.

    (a) In General.--The list of critical minerals published in the 
notice of the Secretary of the Interior entitled ``2022 Final List of 
Critical Minerals'' (87 Fed. Reg. 10381 (February 24, 2022)) shall be 
deemed to include phosphate and potash.
    (b) Recommendations.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
enactment of this section, the Secretary of the Interior shall evaluate 
current policies related to permitting and leasing of projects to 
develop the minerals described in subsection (a) and issue 
recommendations to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of 
the Senate to support domestic production of such commodities.
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