{"bill":{"id":"119-hr-3617","congress":119,"type":"HR","number":3617,"title":"Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act","originChamber":"House","introducedDate":"2025-05-29","sponsors":[{"bioguideId":"J000307","fullName":"Rep. James, John [R-MI-10]","party":"R","state":"MI","district":10}],"cosponsorsCount":4,"latestAction":{"actionDate":"2026-02-12","text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources."},"policyArea":"Energy","subjects":["Energy research","Energy storage, supplies, demand","Government information and archives","Government studies and investigations","Mining","Research and development","Strategic materials and reserves","Supply chain"],"actions":[{"date":"2026-02-12","text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Senate","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-02-11","text":"Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-02-11","text":"On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 223 - 206 (Roll no. 64). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H2150)","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":true},{"date":"2026-02-11","text":"Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 223 - 206 (Roll no. 64).","type":"Floor","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":true},{"date":"2026-02-11","text":"On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 214 - 215 (Roll no. 63).","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":true},{"date":"2026-02-11","text":"Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2167-2169)","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-02-11","text":"POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 3617, the Chair put the question on the motion to recommit and by voice vote, announced the noes had prevailed. Mr. Landsman demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-02-11","text":"The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX.","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-02-11","text":"Mr. Landsman moved to recommit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. (text: CR H2154)","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-02-11","text":"The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-02-11","text":"DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 3617.","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-02-11","text":"Rule provides for consideration of S. 1383, H.R. 2189, H.R. 261 and H.R. 3617. The resolution provides for consideration of S. 1383, H.R. 2189, H.R. 261, and H.R. 3617 under a closed rule and provides for one motion to recommit H.R. 2189, H.R. 261, and H.R. 3617, and one motion to commit S. 1383.","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-02-11","text":"Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1057. (consideration: CR H2150-2154)","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-02-11","text":"Rule H. Res. 1057 passed House.","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-02-11","text":"Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1057 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of S. 1383, H.R. 2189, H.R. 261 and H.R. 3617. The resolution provides for consideration of S. 1383, H.R. 2189, H.R. 261, and H.R. 3617 under a closed rule and provides for one motion to recommit H.R. 2189, H.R. 261, and H.R. 3617, and one motion to commit S. 1383.","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-02-10","text":"Rule H. Res. 1042 failed passage of House.","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-02-09","text":"Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1042 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2189, H.R. 261 and H.R. 3617. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 2189, H.R. 261, and H.R. 3617 under a closed rule and provides for one hour of debate and one motion to recommit on each bill.","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-09-11","text":"Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 224.","type":"Calendars","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-09-11","text":"Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-268.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-09-11","text":"Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-268.","type":"Committee","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-06-25","text":"Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 21.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-06-25","text":"Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-06-05","text":"Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-06-05","text":"Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-06-03","text":"Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-05-29","text":"Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-05-29","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-05-29","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false}],"summary":"<p><strong>Securing America's Critical Minerals Supply Act</strong></p><p>This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to secure the supply of critical energy resources that are essential to the energy security of the United States. A&nbsp;<em>critical energy resource</em> means an energy resource (1) that is essential to the energy sector and energy systems of the United States, and (2) the supply chain of which is vulnerable to disruption.</p><p>As part of its duties, DOE must&nbsp;conduct ongoing assessments of</p><ul><li>energy&nbsp;resource criticality,</li><li>the U.S. supply chain of critical energy resources and its vulnerabilities,&nbsp;</li><li>the diversity of domestic critical energy resource supply chains,</li><li>capacity constraints on the domestic production of critical energy resources,</li><li>federal regulations affecting the domestic production or importation of critical energy resources,&nbsp;</li><li>how energy security is affected by reliance on imports of&nbsp;critical energy resources, and&nbsp;</li><li>how adversarial nations seek&nbsp;to exploit critical energy resource markets to undermine investment in the United States.</li></ul><p>DOE must also</p><ul><li>facilitate the&nbsp;development of strategies to&nbsp;strengthen&nbsp;critical energy resource supply chains,</li><li>develop substitutes and alternatives to critical energy resources, and</li><li>improve technology that reuses and recycles critical energy resources.</li></ul>","updateDate":"2026-04-08T16:32:33Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":391,"ts":"2026-04-15T06:14:51.101Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"/api/public/query-gov?q=Securing%20America%E2%80%99s%20Critical%20Minerals%20Supply%20Act"}]}}