Sec. 136. Statement of policy on international cooperation to secure critical mineral supply chains
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It is the policy of the United States to partner, consult, and coordinate with foreign governments (at the national and subnational levels), civil society, international organizations, international financial institutions, subnational communities, commercial and recreational mining industry leaders, and the private sector, in a concerted effort— to increase knowledge and raise awareness of the links between mining and refining of critical minerals, national security, climate change, and clean energy development; to improve, in countries in which such mining and refining is conducted, resource mobilization and processing, transport, and mineral refining capacity; to develop other strategies to maximize economic benefits from critical mineral resource development for the countries and communities in which such development takes place; to promote transparency and combat— human rights abuses, exploitive labor practices, and corruption within the critical mineral extraction industry; and the influence the industry has on poor governance, democratic backsliding, and declines in the rule of law; to support— strengthening systems and bilateral and multilateral partnerships for reducing the monopolization of critical minerals and the exploitation of workers in the critical mineral extraction industry and reducing corruption as a means— to ensure the availability of critical minerals at competitive market-rate costs; to uphold adequate labor standards to ensure critical minerals are not produced at the expense of the lives and livelihoods of workers in the critical mineral extraction industry; and to maintain the integrity of institutions governing the extraction and refinement of critical minerals; deployment of and access to advanced technologies to recycle critical minerals to extend use and application beyond a single use; and implementation of management measures to track and report instances of corruption and exploitation in the critical mineral extraction industry; and to work cooperatively with international partners— to ensure that the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative has full unimpeded and uninfluenced access to global critical mineral industrial operations; to establish— an alliance to counter any state or private monopolization on the control, supply chains, or industrial processing and extraction of critical mineral resources; measurable targets for reducing corruption and exploitation of workers in the critical mineral extraction industry; and action plans to achieve such targets and a mechanism to provide regular reporting; to promote consumer education, awareness, and outreach on exploitation of workers in the critical mineral extraction industry; and to share best practices in materials management and industrial systems operations to maximize the benefit of critical mineral resources.