Sec. 320. DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM ON DOMESTIC PRODUCTION OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS FROM COAL BYPRODUCTS
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## SEC. 320 DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM ON DOMESTIC PRODUCTION OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS FROM COAL BYPRODUCTS **[**[10 U.S.C. 4811 note](/us/usc/t10/s4811)**]** ###
(a)Demonstration Program Required 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. ###
(b)Partnership In carrying out the demonstration program required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall seek to enter 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. ###
(c)Elements The demonstration program required by subsection
(a)shall address the following: ####
(1)The efficacy of separating rare earth elements and critical minerals from acid mine drainage. ####
(2)The feasibility of bringing such technology to commercialized scale. ####
(3)Domestic locations that are appropriate for the deployment of such technology. ####
(4)The ability of such 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. ###
(d)Duration The demonstration program required by subsection
(a)shall be carried out during the one-year period beginning on the date of the commencement of the demonstration program. ###
(e)Briefing Not later than 120 days after the date of 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 pursuant to subsection
(b)shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a briefing on the elements of the demonstration program set forth under subsection (c).
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Sec. 320
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM ON DOMESTIC PRODUCTION OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS FROM COAL BYPRODUCTS
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