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American Mineral Security Act of 2015

S. 883 · 114th Congress · Mar 26, 2015 · Lineage

A BILL

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

Section 1 Short title; table of contents

(a)
Short title— This Act may be cited as the “American Mineral Security Act of 2015”.
(b)
Table of contents— The table of contents of this Act is as follows:

Sec. 2 Definitions

In this Act:
(1)
Critical mineral—
(A)
In general— The term critical mineral means any mineral, element, substance, or material designated as critical pursuant to section 102.
(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)
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).
(3)
Mineral manufacturing— The term mineral manufacturing means—
(A)
the production, processing, refining, alloying, separation, concentration, magnetic sintering, melting, or beneficiation of 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 minerals undertaken within the United States.
(4)
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.