Sec. 10123. Critical materials interagency subcommittee
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The Critical Minerals Subcommittee of the National Science and Technology Council (referred to in this section as the Subcommittee ), shall coordinate Federal science and technology efforts to ensure secure, reliable, and environmentally sustainable supplies of critical materials to the United States. the purposes of the Subcommittee shall be— to advise and assist the National Science and Technology Council, including the Committee on Homeland and National Security, on United States policies, procedures, and plans as it relates to critical materials, including— Federal research, development, and commercial application efforts to minimize the environmental impacts of methods for extractions, concentration, separation and purification of conventional, secondary, and unconventional sources of critical materials; efficient use, substitution, and reuse of critical materials; the critical materials workforce of the United States; and United States private industry investments in innovation and technology transfer from federally funded science and technology; to identify emerging opportunities, stimulate international cooperation, and foster the development of secure and reliable supply chains of critical materials and establish scenario modeling systems for supply problems of critical materials and energy critical materials; to ensure the transparency of information and data related to critical materials; and to provide recommendations on coordination and collaboration among the research, development, and deployment programs and activities of Federal agencies to promote a secure and reliable supply of critical materials necessary to maintain national security, economic well-being, public health, and industrial production.
In carrying out paragraphs
(1)and (2), the Subcommittee may, taking into account the findings and recommendations of relevant advisory committees— provide recommendations on how Federal agencies may improve the topographic, geologic, and geophysical mapping of the United States and improve the discoverability, accessibility, and usability of the resulting and existing data, to the extent permitted by law and subject to appropriate limitation for purposes of privacy and security; assess the progress towards developing critical materials recycling and reprocessing technologies, and technological alternatives to critical materials; establish a mechanism for the coordination and evaluation of Federal programs with energy critical material needs, including Federal programs involving research and development, in a manner that complements related efforts carried out by the private sector and other domestic and international agencies and organizations; examine options for accessing and developing critical materials through investment and trade with our allies and partners and provide recommendations; evaluate and provide recommendations to incentivize the development and use of advances in science and technology in the private industry; assess the need for and make recommendations to address the challenges the United States critical materials supply chain workforce faces, including aging and retiring personnel and faculty, and foreign competition for United States talent; develop, and update as necessary, a strategic plan to guide Federal programs and activities to enhance scientific and technical capabilities across critical material supply chains, including a roadmap that identifies key research and development needs and coordinates on-going activities for source diversification, more efficient use, recycling, and substitution for critical materials; as well as cross-cutting mining science, data science techniques, materials science, manufacturing science and engineering, computational modeling, and environmental health and safety research and development; and assess the need for, and make recommendations concerning, the availability and adequacy of the supply of technically trained personnel necessary for energy critical materials research, development, extraction, and industrial production, with a particular focus on the problem of attracting and maintaining high-quality professionals for maintaining an adequate supply of energy critical materials; and report to the appropriate Congressional committees on activities and findings under this section.