Sec. 101. Energy critical elements program
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The Secretary shall carry out a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application to assure the long-term, secure, and sustainable supply of energy critical elements sufficient to satisfy the national security, economic well-being, and industrial production needs of the United States. This program may be carried out primarily by an Energy Innovation Hub established under section 206 of the Department of Energy Research Coordination Act ( 42 U.S.C. 18632 ).
The program shall focus on areas that the private sector by itself is not likely to undertake because of technical and financial uncertainty and support activities to— improve methods for the extraction, processing, use, recovery, and recycling of energy critical elements; improve the understanding of the performance, processing, and adaptability in engineering designs using energy critical elements; improve the understanding of energy critical element supply chains, risks from supply disruption, supply restriction, volatility in demand, and difficulty to substitute; identify and test alternative materials that can be substituted for energy critical elements and maintain or exceed current performance; and engineer and test applications that— use recycled energy critical elements; use alternative materials; or seek to minimize energy critical element content.
In carrying out the program, the Secretary shall encourage multidisciplinary collaborations of participants, including opportunities for students and post-doctoral staff at institutions of higher education. The program shall be consistent with the policies and programs in the National Materials and Minerals Policy, Research and Development Act of 1980 ( 30 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.). In carrying out the program, the Secretary shall collaborate, to the extent practicable, on activities of mutual interest with the relevant agencies of foreign countries with interests relating to energy critical elements.
Within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act and biennially thereafter, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the appropriate Congressional committees a plan to carry out the program. The plan required under paragraph
(1)shall include a description of— the research and development activities to be carried out by the program during the subsequent 2 years; the expected contributions of the program to the creation of innovative methods and technologies for the efficient and sustainable provision of energy critical elements to the domestic economy; and how the program is promoting the broadest possible participation by academic, industrial, and other contributors. In preparing each plan under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consult with appropriate representatives of industry, institutions of higher education, Department of Energy national laboratories, professional and technical societies, other Federal agencies, and other entities, as determined by the Secretary. To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall ensure that the activities carried out under this title are coordinated with, and do not unnecessarily duplicate the efforts of, other programs within the Federal Government. In carrying out the program established under section 101, the Secretary shall establish and maintain a Critical Materials Information Center to collect, catalogue, disseminate, and archive information on energy critical elements in coordination with the Office of Scientific and Technical Information of the Department of Energy. The Center shall— serve as the repository for scientific and technical data generated by the research and development activities funded under this section; assist scientists and engineers in making the fullest possible use of the Center’s data holdings; seek and incorporate other information on energy critical elements to enhance the Center’s utility for program participants and other users; and provide advice to the Secretary concerning the program. There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this Act the following sums: For fiscal year 2020, $30,000,000. For fiscal year 2021, $31,500,000. For fiscal year 2022, $33,075,000. For fiscal year 2023, $34,728,750. For fiscal year 2024, $36,465,188. Such sums shall remain available until expended.
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