H.R. 3617 · 119th Congress

Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act

Introduced May 29, 2025Policy area: Energy

Status: Passed House

  1. Introduced (done)
  2. Committee (done)
  3. Passed House (current)
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To President
  6. Law

Latest action

: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Summary

Securing America's Critical Minerals Supply Act

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 critical energy resource 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.

  • As part of its duties, DOE must conduct ongoing assessments of
  • energy resource criticality,
  • the U.S. supply chain of critical energy resources and its vulnerabilities,
  • the diversity of domestic critical energy resource supply chains,
  • capacity constraints on the domestic production of critical energy resources,
  • federal regulations affecting the domestic production or importation of critical energy resources,
  • how energy security is affected by reliance on imports of critical energy resources, and
  • how adversarial nations seek to exploit critical energy resource markets to undermine investment in the United States.
  • DOE must also
  • facilitate the development of strategies to strengthen critical energy resource supply chains,
  • develop substitutes and alternatives to critical energy resources, and
  • improve technology that reuses and recycles critical energy resources.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service.

Actions

  1. Senate

    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

  2. House

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  3. House

    On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 223 - 206 (Roll no. 64). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H2150)

  4. Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 223 - 206 (Roll no. 64).

  5. House

    On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 214 - 215 (Roll no. 63).

  6. House

    Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2167-2169)

  7. House

    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.

  8. House

    The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX.

  9. House

    Mr. Landsman moved to recommit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. (text: CR H2154)

  10. House

    The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.

  11. House

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 3617.

  12. 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.

Show 14 earlier actions
  1. House

    Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1057. (consideration: CR H2150-2154)

  2. House

    Rule H. Res. 1057 passed House.

  3. House

    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.

  4. House

    Rule H. Res. 1042 failed passage of House.

  5. House

    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.

  6. House

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 224.

  7. House

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-268.

  8. House

    Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 21.

  9. House

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  10. House

    Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.

  11. House

    Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  12. House

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.

  13. House

    Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

  14. Introduced in House