Sec. 801. Definitions
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In this title: The term applicable committees means— the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate; the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives; the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives; and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives. The term clean energy technology means a technology related to the production, use, transmission, storage, control, or conservation of energy that— reduces the need for additional energy supplies by using existing energy supplies with greater efficiency or by transmitting, distributing, storing, or transporting energy with greater effectiveness in or through the infrastructure of the United States; diversifies the sources of energy supply of the United States to strengthen energy security and to increase supplies with a favorable balance of environmental effects if the entire technology system is considered; or contributes to a stabilization of atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations through reduction, avoidance, or sequestration of energy-related greenhouse gas emissions.
The term critical mineral means any mineral designated as a critical mineral pursuant to section 802. The term critical mineral does not include coal, oil, natural gas, or any other fossil fuels. The term critical mineral manufacturing means— the production, processing, refining, alloying, separation, concentration, magnetic sintering, melting, or beneficiation of critical minerals within the United States; the fabrication, assembly, or production, within the United States, of clean energy technologies (including technologies related to wind, solar, and geothermal energy, efficient lighting, electrical superconducting materials, permanent magnet motors, batteries, and other energy storage devices), military equipment, and consumer electronics, or components necessary for applications; or any other value-added, manufacturing-related use of critical minerals undertaken within the United States.
The term Indian tribe has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 450b ). The term military equipment means equipment used directly by the Armed Forces to carry out military operations. The term rare earth element means the chemical elements in the periodic table from lanthanum (atomic number 57) up to and including lutetium (atomic number 71). The term rare earth element includes the similar chemical elements yttrium (atomic number 39) and scandium (atomic number 21).
The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior— acting through the Director of the United States Geological Survey; and in consultation with (as appropriate)— the Secretary of Energy; the Secretary of Defense; the Secretary of Commerce; the Secretary of State; the Secretary of Agriculture; the United States Trade Representative; and the heads of other applicable Federal agencies. The term State means— a State; the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and any other territory or possession of the United States.
The term value-added means, with respect to an activity, an activity that changes the form, fit, or function of a product, service, raw material, or physical good so that the resultant market price is greater than the cost of making the changes. The term Working Group means the Critical Minerals Working Group established under section 805(a).
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