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118TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 118-833
PHOSPHATE AND POTASH PROTECTION ACT OF 2024
DECEMBER 10, 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
together with
DISSENTING VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 8450]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 8450) to direct the Secretary of the Interior to evaluate
certain minerals for designation as critical minerals, having consid-
ered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and
recommends that the bill as amended do pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Phosphate and Potash Protection Act of 2024.
SEC. 2. EVALUATION OF CERTAIN MINERALS FOR DESIGNATION AS CRITICAL MINERALS.
(a) IN GENERAL.-Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this
section, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall evalu-
ate potash, phosphates, and other minerals necessary for the production of fertilizer
and other agricultural products used to promote crop development for designation
as critical minerals under section 7002(c)(4) of the Energy Act of 2020 (30 U.S.C.
1606(c)(4)).
(b) RECOMMENDATIONS.-Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment
of this section, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture,
shall-
(1) evaluate policies in place as of the date of the enactment of this section
related to the permitting and leasing of projects for the exploration, develop-
ment, and production of the minerals described in subsection (a); and
(2) submit to the appropriate congressional committees recommendations to
support the domestic production of such minerals.
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