Title I: Short Title, Findings, and Purposes - National Minerals and Materials Policy Coordination Act of 1983 - Sets forth the short title, findings, and purposes.
Title II: Administrative Responsibilities - Establishes a Council on Minerals and Materials in the Executive Office of the President. Requires the Council, with respect to minerals and materials, to: (1) monitor, evaluate, and coordinate on a continuing basis Federal programs and activities; (2) identify legal and policy conflicts and propose resolutions; (3) advise in the preparation, coordination, and consolidation of reports required by this and other Acts; (4) make reports and recommendations; (5) formulate and recommend national policies; and (6) be consulted and give advice on the international activities of the United States.
Requires the Council to perform certain tasks in carrying out its responsibilities. Sets forth administrative provisions regarding members of the Council and Council employees.
Requires the head of any Federal department or agency having jurisdiction over any matter which may have an impact on domestic mining, minerals, or materials industries to fully cooperate with the Council and to carry out this Act's policies. Requires such agency heads to: (1) continually assess the lands under their jurisdiction with respect to national materials and minerals needs; and (2) report to the Council concerning compliance with minerals and materials law.
Title III: Mineral and Material Availability - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to strengthen and consolidate the existing Department of the Interior minerals and materials assessment programs.
Requires the Secretary, in classifying public lands and examining the geological structure, mineral resources, and products of the United States, to: (1) emphasize minerals, including strategic and critical minerals; (2) emphasize basic geologic mapping and reconnaissance; (3) identify, classify, and make public on a recurring basis the Nation's areas of potential strategic and critical mineral deposits; and (4) research and develop cost effective exploration techniques.
Directs the Secretary to institute a special program emphasizing participation of public and private agencies, institutions, and individuals to assess on a recurring basis the potential of high priority minerals and to report findings to the Council.
Requires the Secretary to fully exercise all of his or her authority to facilitate meeting national mineral and material informational requirements in a time of emergency.
Requires the Bureau of Mines to ensure the continued availability of domestic minerals and materials. Directs the Secretary, through the Bureau, with respect to minerals and materials, to: (1) conduct studies relating to improving the recovery and production of the mining and materials industry; (2) make recommendations on improving the minerals and materials industry; (3) enhance foreign minerals data and analysis; and (4) prepare supply-disruption protocols.
Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe rules and regulations to carry out this Act.
Authorizes appropriations.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Referred to House Committee on Science and Technology.
Referred to Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation and Materials.
Referred to Subcommittee on Mining, Forest Management and Bonneville Power Administration.
Executive Comment Received From GSA.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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