Sec. 804. Resource assessment
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Not later than 4 years after the date of enactment of this Act, in consultation with applicable State (including geological surveys), local, academic, industry, and other entities, the Secretary shall complete a comprehensive national assessment of each critical mineral that— identifies and quantifies known critical mineral resources, using all available public and private information and datasets, including exploration histories; estimates the cost of production of the critical mineral resources identified and quantified under this section, using all available public and private information and datasets, including exploration histories; provides a quantitative and qualitative assessment of undiscovered critical mineral resources throughout the United States, including probability estimates of tonnage and grade, using all available public and private information and datasets, including exploration histories; provides qualitative information on the environmental attributes of the critical mineral resources identified under this section; and pays particular attention to the identification and quantification of critical mineral resources on Federal land that is open to location and entry for exploration, development, and other uses.
If existing information and datasets prove insufficient to complete the assessment under this section and there is no reasonable opportunity to obtain the information and datasets from nongovernmental entities, the Secretary may carry out field work (including drilling, remote sensing, geophysical surveys, geological mapping, and geochemical sampling and analysis) to supplement existing information and datasets available for determining the existence of critical minerals on— Federal land that is open to location and entry for exploration, development, and other uses; tribal land, at the request and with the written permission of the Indian tribe with jurisdiction over the land; and State land, at the request and with the written permission of the Governor of the State.
At the request of the Governor of a State or an Indian tribe, the Secretary may provide technical assistance to State governments and Indian tribes conducting critical mineral resource assessments on non-Federal land. The Secretary may make grants to State governments, or Indian tribes and economic development entities of Indian tribes, to cover the costs associated with assessments of critical mineral resources on State or tribal land, as applicable. Not later than 4 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the applicable committees a report describing the results of the assessment conducted under this section.
The Secretary may sequence the completion of resource assessments for each critical mineral such that critical materials considered to be most critical under the methodology established pursuant to section 802 are completed first. If the Secretary sequences the completion of resource assessments for each critical material, the Secretary shall submit a report under subsection
(e)on an iterative basis over the 4-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act. The Secretary shall periodically update the assessment conducted under this section based on— the generation of new information or datasets by the Federal Government; or the receipt of new information or datasets from critical mineral producers, State geological surveys, academic institutions, trade associations, or other entities or individuals.