Sec. 315. Demonstration program on domestic production of rare earth elements from coal byproducts
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Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall commence carrying out a demonstration program on recovering rare earth elements and critical minerals from acid mine drainage and other coal byproducts. The Secretary shall carry out the demonstration program required by subsection
(b)by entering into a partnership with one or more institutions of higher education that can demonstrate techniques for recovering rare earth elements and critical minerals from acid mine drainage and other coal byproducts, as the Secretary considers applicable. The demonstration program required by subsection
(a)shall address the following: The efficacy of separating rare earth elements and critical minerals from acid mine drainage. The feasibility of bringing this technology to commercialized scale. Domestic locations that are appropriate for the deployment of this technology. The ability of this technology to meet the requirements of the defense industrial base to supplement the rare earth element and critical mineral needs of the Department of Defense. The demonstration program established under subsection
(a)shall be carried out during the one-year period beginning on the date of the commencement of the demonstration program. There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out the demonstration program required by subsection
(a)$3,000,000. Not later than 120 days after the completion of the demonstration program required by subsection (a), the Secretary and the program manager of the institute of higher education with whom the Secretary partners under subsection
(b)shall brief the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives on the elements of the demonstration program set forth under subsection (c).