Sec. 2005. Rare earth elements demonstration facility
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Section 7001 of the Energy Act of 2020 ( 42 U.S.C. 13344 ) is amended— in subsection (b), by inserting and annually thereafter while the facility established under subsection
(c)remains in operation, after enactment of this Act, ; by redesignating subsection
(c)as subsection (d); and by inserting after subsection
(b)the following: In coordination with the research program under subsection (a)(1)(A), the Secretary shall fund, through an agreement with an academic partner, the design, construction, and build-out of a facility to demonstrate the commercial feasibility of a full-scale integrated rare earth element extraction and separation facility and refinery. The facility established under paragraph
(1)shall— provide environmental benefits through use of feedstock derived from acid mine drainage, mine waste, or other deleterious material; separate mixed rare earth oxides into pure oxides of each rare earth element; refine rare earth oxides into rare earth metals; and provide for separation of rare earth oxides and refining into rare earth metals at a single site. There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this subsection $140,000,000 for fiscal year 2022, to remain available until expended. .
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