Sec. 304. Critical minerals interagency subcommittee
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The Critical Minerals Subcommittee of the National Science and Technology Council (referred to in this section as Subcommittee ) shall coordinate Federal science and technology efforts to ensure secure and reliable supplies of critical minerals to the United States. The purposes of the Subcommittee shall be— to advise and assist the Committee on Homeland and National Security and the National Science and Technology Council on United States policies, procedures, and plans as it relates to critical minerals, including— Federal research, development, and deployment efforts to optimize methods for extractions, concentration, separation and purification of conventional, secondary, and unconventional sources of critical minerals; efficient use and reuse of critical minerals; the critical minerals 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 minerals; to ensure the transparency of information and data related to critical minerals; 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 minerals necessary to maintain national security, economic well-being, 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 minerals recycling and reprocessing technologies, and technological alternatives to critical minerals; examine options for accessing and developing critical minerals 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 minerals supply chain workforce faces, including aging and retiring personnel and faculty; public perceptions about the nature of mining and mineral processing; 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 mineral supply chains, including a roadmap that identifies key research and development needs and coordinates ongoing activities for source diversification, more efficient use, recycling, and substitution for critical minerals; 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 report to the appropriate committees of Congress on activities and findings under this section.