This bill would change the Energy Act of 2020 (section 7002, 30 U.S.C. 1606) so that the phrase "critical mineral" also includes a "critical material" when the Secretary of Energy designates it. It adds a new clause so the definition covers both "any mineral" and any "critical material" the Secretary determines under the law. The bill also requires the Secretary of Energy to update the published list of critical minerals within 45 days after the Secretary determines a non-fuel mineral, element, substance, or material is a critical material.
The Secretary of Energy decides which non-fuel minerals, elements, substances, or materials are "critical materials." When the Secretary makes such a decision, the federal list of critical minerals must be updated within 45 days. This change makes the definition and the published list explicitly include materials the Secretary names as critical.
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