Sec. 4. Definitions
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In this Act: The term commercial recovery has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act ( 30 U.S.C. 1403 ). The term critical mineral has the meaning given the term in section 7002(a)(3) of the Energy Act of 2020 ( 30 U.S.C. 1606(a)(3) ). The term exploration has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act ( 30 U.S.C. 1403 ). The term lease has the meaning given the term in section 2 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1331 ).
The term mineral means— a critical mineral; uranium; copper; potash; gold; and any other element or compound the Chair of the National Energy Dominance Council determines appropriate. The term outer Continental Shelf has the meaning given the term in section 2 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1331 ). The term processing includes the concentration, separation, refinement, alloying, and conversion of minerals into usable forms. The term prospecting has the meaning given the term geological and geophysical (G&G) prospecting activities in section 580.1 of title 30, Code of Federal Regulations (or a similar successor regulation).
The term seabed mineral resource means a mineral-bearing material located in the seabed of the outer Continental Shelf, including— a polymetallic nodule; a cobalt-rich ferromanganese crust; a polymetallic sulfide; a heavy mineral sand; and a phosphorite. The term United States company has the meaning given the term United States citizen in section 4 of the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act ( 30 U.S.C. 1403 ).
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