Sec. 103. Rare earth elements and critical minerals processing technologies
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The Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Secretary, acting through the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Applied Science Program, shall carry out a grant program— to research, develop, and assess advanced processing technologies and techniques for the extraction, recovery, and reduction of critical minerals, including rare earth elements, from various forms of mine waste and metallurgical activities, including mine waste piles, abandoned mine land sites, acid mine drainage sludge, byproducts produced through legacy mining and metallurgy activities, or oil shale; and to determine if there are, and mitigate if present, any potential environmental impacts that could arise from the recovery of critical minerals from these resources.
To carry out the program under paragraph
(1)there is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Energy $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026, and to the Secretary of the Interior $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026. Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Secretary, shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources, the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report evaluating the research and development of advanced processing technologies for the extraction, recovery, and reduction of critical minerals, including rare earth elements, from mine waste piles, acid mine drainage sludge, byproducts produced through legacy mining and metallurgy activities, or oil shale.