A bill to establish the Mineral Conservation Research and Development Commission within the National Science Foundation, and to provide for the inventory of major nonfuel raw materials and the development of substitute materials.

Requires the Board of the National Science Foundation to establish the Mineral Conservation Research and Development Commission for the purposes of: (1) keeping a current inventory of major nonfuel raw materials; (2) monitoring and reporting on United States vulnerability and import dependence on such materials; and (3) developing substitutes for these materials.