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Critical Minerals Policy Act of 2013

S. 1600 · 113th Congress · Oct 29, 2013 · Lineage

A BILL

To facilitate the reestablishment of domestic, critical mineral designation, assessment, production, manufacturing, recycling, analysis, forecasting, workforce, education, research, and international capabilities in the United States, and for other purposes.

1. Short title; table of contents

(a)
Short title— This Act may be cited as the “Critical Minerals Policy Act of 2013”.
(b)
Table of contents— The table of contents of this Act is as follows:

2. Definitions

In this Act:
(1)
Critical mineral—
(A)
In general— The term critical mineral means any mineral or element designated as critical pursuant to section 101.
(B)
Exclusions— The term critical mineral does not include—
(i)
fuel minerals, including oil, natural gas, or any other fossil fuels; or
(ii)
water, ice, or snow.
(2)
Critical mineral manufacturing— The term critical mineral manufacturing means—
(A)
the production, processing, refining, alloying, separation, concentration, magnetic sintering, melting, or beneficiation of critical minerals within the United States;
(B)
the fabrication, assembly, or production, within the United States, of equipment, components, or other goods with energy technology-, defense-, agriculture-, consumer electronics-, or health care-related applications; or
(C)
any other value-added, manufacturing-related use of critical minerals undertaken within the United States.
(3)
Indian tribe— The term Indian tribe has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b).
(4)
Military equipment— The term military equipment means equipment used directly by the Armed Forces to carry out military operations.
(5)
Rare earth element—
(A)
In general— The term rare earth element means the chemical elements in the periodic table from lanthanum (atomic number 57) up to and including lutetium (atomic number 71).
(B)
Inclusions— The term rare earth element includes the similar chemical elements yttrium (atomic number 39) and scandium (atomic number 21).
(6)
Secretary—
(A)
Title I— In title I, the term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior.
(B)
Title II— In title II, the term Secretary means the Secretary of Energy.
(7)
State— The term State means—
(A)
a State;
(B)
the District of Columbia;
(C)
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico;
(D)
Guam;
(E)
American Samoa;
(F)
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; and
(G)
the United States Virgin Islands.