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118TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 118-710
RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF CRITICAL MINERALS
IN HEALTHCARE ACT OF 2023
OCTOBER 22, 2024.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 6395]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 6395) to amend the Energy Act of 2020 to require the
Secretary of the Interior to include the Secretary of Health and
Human Services in consultations regarding designations of critical
minerals, elements, substances, and materials, having considered
the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and rec-
ommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION
The purpose of H.R. 6395 is to amend the Energy Act of 2020 to
require the Secretary of the Interior to include the Secretary of
Health and Human Services in consultations regarding designa-
tions of critical minerals, elements, substances, and materials.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
The United States Geological Survey publishes and updates a
Critical Minerals List every three years, as directed by the Energy
Act of 2020, in consultation with the Secretaries of Defense, Com-
merce, Agriculture, Energy, and the United States Trade Rep-
resentative. H.R. 6395 would amend the Energy Act of 2020, re-
quiring the Secretary of the Department of the Interior (DOI) to in-
clude the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) in con-
sultations regarding designations of critical minerals, elements,
substances, and materials.
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