§1601. Congressional statement of findings; “materials” defined — Inbound Citations
30 U.S.C. § 1601
Cited by 135 provisions in release 119-102.
Citations to §1601(b)(1)
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(3) establish an analytical and forecasting capability for identifying critical mineral demand, supply, and other factors to allow informed actions to be taken to avoid supply shortages, mitigate price volatility, and prepare for demand growth and other market shifts;
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(7) facilitate the availability, development, and environmentally responsible production of domestic resources to meet national material or critical mineral needs;
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(8) avoid duplication of effort, prevent unnecessary paperwork, and minimize delays in the administration of applicable laws (including regulations) and the issuance of permits and authorizations necessary to explore for, develop, and produce critical minerals and to construct critical mineral manufacturing facilities in accordance with applicable environmental and land management laws;
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(B) workforce training for exploration and development of critical minerals and critical mineral manufacturing;
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(11) promote the efficient production, use, and recycling of critical minerals;
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(12) develop alternatives to critical minerals; and
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(13) establish contingencies for the production of, or access to, critical minerals for which viable sources do not exist within the United States.
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(1) The term “byproduct” means a critical mineral—(A) the recovery of which depends on the production of a host mineral that is not designated as a critical mineral; and(B) that exists in sufficient quantities to be recovered during processing or refining.
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(A) the recovery of which depends on the production of a host mineral that is not designated as a critical mineral; and
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(B) a critical mineral.
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(A) The term “critical mineral” means any mineral, element, substance, or material designated as critical by the Secretary under subsection (c).
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(B) The term “critical mineral” does not include—(i) fuel minerals;(ii) water, ice, or snow;(iii) common varieties of sand, gravel, stone, pumice, cinders, and clay.
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(A) a description of the draft methodology used to identify a draft list of critical minerals;
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(B) a draft list of minerals, elements, substances, and materials that qualify as critical minerals; and
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(C) a draft list of critical minerals recovered as byproducts and their host minerals.
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(A) a description of the final methodology for determining which minerals, elements, substances, and materials qualify as critical minerals;
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(B) the final list of critical minerals; and
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(C) the final list of critical minerals recovered as byproducts and their host minerals.
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(ii) determine that minerals, elements, substances, and materials previously determined to be critical minerals are no longer critical minerals; and
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(iii) designate additional minerals, elements, substances, or materials as critical minerals.
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(1) Not later than 4 years after December 27, 2020, in consultation with applicable State (including geological surveys), local, academic, industry, and other entities, the Secretary (acting through the Director of the United States Geological Survey) or a designee of the Secretary, shall complete a comprehensive national assessment of each critical mineral that—(A) identifies and quantifies known critical mineral resources, using all available public and private information and datasets, including exploration histories; and(B) provides a quantitative and qualitative assessment of undiscovered critical mineral resources throughout the United States, including probability estimates of tonnage and grade, using all available public and private information and datasets, including exploration histories.
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(A) identifies and quantifies known critical mineral resources, using all available public and private information and datasets, including exploration histories; and
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(B) provides a quantitative and qualitative assessment of undiscovered critical mineral resources throughout the United States, including probability estimates of tonnage and grade, using all available public and private information and datasets, including exploration histories.
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(2) In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary may carry out surveys and field work (including drilling, remote sensing, geophysical surveys, topographical and geological mapping, and geochemical sampling and analysis) to supplement existing information and datasets available for determining the existence of critical minerals in the United States.
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(4) At the request of the Governor of a State or the head of an Indian Tribe, the Secretary may provide technical assistance to State governments and Indian Tribes conducting critical mineral resource assessments on non-Federal land.
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(A) The Secretary may sequence the completion of resource assessments for each critical mineral such that critical minerals considered to be most critical under the methodology established under subsection (c) are completed first.
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(B) the receipt of new information or datasets from critical mineral producers, State geological surveys, academic institutions, trade associations, or other persons.
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(7) The Secretary shall complete a resource assessment for each additional mineral or element subsequently designated as a critical mineral under subsection (c)(5)(B) not later than 2 years after the designation of the mineral or element.
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(B) that is not designated as a critical mineral under subsection (c).
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(1) complying with chapter 6 of title 5 (commonly known as the “Regulatory Flexibility Act”), in promulgating regulations applicable to the critical minerals industry; and
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(2) performing an analysis of the efficiency of regulations applicable to the critical minerals industry, including those that are disproportionately burdensome to small businesses.
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(2) The preparation of Federal Register notices required by law associated with the issuance of a critical mineral exploration or mine permit shall be delegated to the organizational level within the agency responsible for issuing the critical mineral exploration or mine permit.
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(H) advanced theoretical, computational, and experimental tools necessary to support the crosscutting research and development needs of diverse critical minerals stakeholders.
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(1) In order to evaluate existing critical mineral policies and inform future actions that may be taken to avoid supply shortages, mitigate price volatility, and prepare for demand growth and other market shifts, the Secretary (acting through the Director of the United States Geological Survey) or a designee of the Secretary, in consultation with the Energy Information Administration, academic institutions, and others in order to maximize the application of existing competencies related to developing and maintaining computer-models and similar analytical tools, shall conduct and publish the results of an annual report that includes—(A) as part of the annually published Mineral Commodity Summaries from the United States Geological Survey, a comprehensive review of critical mineral production, consumption, and recycling patterns, including—(i) the quantity of each critical mineral domestically produced during the preceding year;(ii) the quantity of each critical mineral domestically consumed during the preceding year;(iii) market price data or other price data for each critical mineral;(iv) an assessment of—(I) critical mineral requirements to meet the national security, energy, economic, industrial, technological, and other needs of the United States during the preceding year;(II) the reliance of the United States on foreign sources to meet those needs during the preceding year; and(III) the implications of any supply shortages, restrictions, or disruptions during the preceding year;(v) the quantity of each critical mineral domestically recycled during the preceding year;(vi) the market penetration during the preceding year of alternatives to each critical mineral;(vii) a discussion of international trends associated with the discovery, production, consumption, use, costs of production, prices, and recycling of each critical mineral as well as the development of alternatives to critical minerals; and(viii) such other data, analyses, and evaluations as the Secretary finds are necessary to achieve the purposes of this subsection; and(B) a comprehensive forecast, entitled the “Annual Critical Minerals Outlook”, of projected critical mineral production, consumption, and recycling patterns, including—(i) the quantity of each critical mineral projected to be domestically produced over the subsequent 1-year, 5-year, and 10-year periods;(ii) the quantity of each critical mineral projected to be domestically consumed over the subsequent 1-year, 5-year, and 10-year periods;(iii) an assessment of—(I) critical mineral requirements to meet projected national security, energy, economic, industrial, technological, and other needs of the United States;(II) the projected reliance of the United States on foreign sources to meet those needs; and(III) the projected implications of potential supply shortages, restrictions, or disruptions;(iv) the quantity of each critical mineral projected to be domestically recycled over the subsequent 1-year, 5-year, and 10-year periods;(v) the market penetration of alternatives to each critical mineral projected to take place over the subsequent 1-year, 5-year, and 10-year periods;(vi) a discussion of reasonably foreseeable international trends associated with the discovery, production, consumption, use, costs of production, and recycling of each critical mineral as well as the development of alternatives to critical minerals; and(vii) such other projections relating to each critical mineral as the Secretary determines to be necessary to achieve the purposes of this subsection.
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(A) as part of the annually published Mineral Commodity Summaries from the United States Geological Survey, a comprehensive review of critical mineral production, consumption, and recycling patterns, including—(i) the quantity of each critical mineral domestically produced during the preceding year;(ii) the quantity of each critical mineral domestically consumed during the preceding year;(iii) market price data or other price data for each critical mineral;(iv) an assessment of—(I) critical mineral requirements to meet the national security, energy, economic, industrial, technological, and other needs of the United States during the preceding year;(II) the reliance of the United States on foreign sources to meet those needs during the preceding year; and(III) the implications of any supply shortages, restrictions, or disruptions during the preceding year;(v) the quantity of each critical mineral domestically recycled during the preceding year;(vi) the market penetration during the preceding year of alternatives to each critical mineral;(vii) a discussion of international trends associated with the discovery, production, consumption, use, costs of production, prices, and recycling of each critical mineral as well as the development of alternatives to critical minerals; and(viii) such other data, analyses, and evaluations as the Secretary finds are necessary to achieve the purposes of this subsection; and
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(i) the quantity of each critical mineral domestically produced during the preceding year;
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(ii) the quantity of each critical mineral domestically consumed during the preceding year;
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(iii) market price data or other price data for each critical mineral;
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(I) critical mineral requirements to meet the national security, energy, economic, industrial, technological, and other needs of the United States during the preceding year;
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(v) the quantity of each critical mineral domestically recycled during the preceding year;
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(vi) the market penetration during the preceding year of alternatives to each critical mineral;
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(vii) a discussion of international trends associated with the discovery, production, consumption, use, costs of production, prices, and recycling of each critical mineral as well as the development of alternatives to critical minerals; and
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(B) a comprehensive forecast, entitled the “Annual Critical Minerals Outlook”, of projected critical mineral production, consumption, and recycling patterns, including—(i) the quantity of each critical mineral projected to be domestically produced over the subsequent 1-year, 5-year, and 10-year periods;(ii) the quantity of each critical mineral projected to be domestically consumed over the subsequent 1-year, 5-year, and 10-year periods;(iii) an assessment of—(I) critical mineral requirements to meet projected national security, energy, economic, industrial, technological, and other needs of the United States;(II) the projected reliance of the United States on foreign sources to meet those needs; and(III) the projected implications of potential supply shortages, restrictions, or disruptions;(iv) the quantity of each critical mineral projected to be domestically recycled over the subsequent 1-year, 5-year, and 10-year periods;(v) the market penetration of alternatives to each critical mineral projected to take place over the subsequent 1-year, 5-year, and 10-year periods;(vi) a discussion of reasonably foreseeable international trends associated with the discovery, production, consumption, use, costs of production, and recycling of each critical mineral as well as the development of alternatives to critical minerals; and(vii) such other projections relating to each critical mineral as the Secretary determines to be necessary to achieve the purposes of this subsection.
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(i) the quantity of each critical mineral projected to be domestically produced over the subsequent 1-year, 5-year, and 10-year periods;
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(ii) the quantity of each critical mineral projected to be domestically consumed over the subsequent 1-year, 5-year, and 10-year periods;
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(I) critical mineral requirements to meet projected national security, energy, economic, industrial, technological, and other needs of the United States;
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(iv) the quantity of each critical mineral projected to be domestically recycled over the subsequent 1-year, 5-year, and 10-year periods;
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(v) the market penetration of alternatives to each critical mineral projected to take place over the subsequent 1-year, 5-year, and 10-year periods;
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(vi) a discussion of reasonably foreseeable international trends associated with the discovery, production, consumption, use, costs of production, and recycling of each critical mineral as well as the development of alternatives to critical minerals; and
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(vii) such other projections relating to each critical mineral as the Secretary determines to be necessary to achieve the purposes of this subsection.
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(1) Not later than 1 year and 300 days after December 27, 2020, the Secretary of Labor (in consultation with the Secretary, the Director of the National Science Foundation, institutions of higher education with substantial expertise in mining, institutions of higher education with significant expertise in minerals research, including fundamental research into alternatives, and employers in the critical minerals sector) shall submit to Congress an assessment of the domestic availability of technically trained personnel necessary for critical mineral exploration, development, assessment, production, manufacturing, recycling, analysis, forecasting, education, and research, including an analysis of—(A) skills that are in the shortest supply as of the date of the assessment;(B) skills that are projected to be in short supply in the future;(C) the demographics of the critical minerals industry and how the demographics will evolve under the influence of factors such as an aging workforce;(D) the effectiveness of training and education programs in addressing skills shortages;(E) opportunities to hire locally for new and existing critical mineral activities;(F) the sufficiency of personnel within relevant areas of the Federal Government for achieving the policies described in section 1602 of this title; and(G) the potential need for new training programs to have a measurable effect on the supply of trained workers in the critical minerals industry.
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(C) the demographics of the critical minerals industry and how the demographics will evolve under the influence of factors such as an aging workforce;
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(E) opportunities to hire locally for new and existing critical mineral activities;
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(G) the potential need for new training programs to have a measurable effect on the supply of trained workers in the critical minerals industry.
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(i) to design an interdisciplinary program on critical minerals that will support the critical mineral supply chain and improve the ability of the United States to increase domestic, critical mineral exploration, development, production, manufacturing, research, including fundamental research into alternatives, and recycling;
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(ii) to address undergraduate and graduate education, especially to assist in the development of graduate level programs of research and instruction that lead to advanced degrees with an emphasis on the critical mineral supply chain or other positions that will increase domestic, critical mineral exploration, development, production, manufacturing, research, including fundamental research into alternatives, and recycling;
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(iii) to develop guidelines for proposals from institutions of higher education with substantial capabilities in the required disciplines for activities to improve the critical mineral supply chain and advance the capacity of the United States to increase domestic, critical mineral exploration, research, development, production, manufacturing, and recycling; and
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(i) startup costs for newly designated faculty positions in integrated critical mineral education, research, innovation, training, and workforce development programs consistent with paragraph (2);
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(ii) internships, scholarships, and fellowships for students enrolled in programs related to critical minerals;
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(iii) equipment necessary for integrated critical mineral innovation, training, and workforce development programs; and
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(iv) research of critical minerals and their applications, particularly concerning the manufacture of critical components vital to national security.
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(a) In this section, the term “critical mineral” has the meaning given the term in section 1606(a) of this title.
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(1) critical minerals are fundamental to the economy, competitiveness, and security of the United States;
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(2) many critical minerals are only economic to recover when combined with the production of a host mineral;
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(3) to the maximum extent practicable, the critical mineral needs of the United States should be satisfied by minerals responsibly produced and recycled in the United States; and
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(c) To improve the quality and timeliness of Federal permitting and review processes with respect to critical mineral production on Federal land, the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, and the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service (referred to in this section as the “Secretaries”), to the maximum extent practicable, shall complete the Federal permitting and review processes with maximum efficiency and effectiveness, while supporting vital economic growth, by—(1) establishing and adhering to timelines and schedules for the consideration of, and final decisions regarding, applications, operating plans, leases, licenses, permits, and other use authorizations for critical mineral-related activities on Federal land;(2) establishing clear, quantifiable, and temporal permitting performance goals and tracking progress against those goals;(3) engaging in early collaboration among agencies, project sponsors, and affected stakeholders—(A) to incorporate and address the interests of those parties; and(B) to minimize delays;(4) ensuring transparency and accountability by using cost-effective information technology to collect and disseminate information regarding individual projects and agency performance;(5) engaging in early and active consultation with State, local, and Tribal governments—(A) to avoid conflicts or duplication of effort;(B) to resolve concerns; and(C) to allow for concurrent, rather than sequential, reviews;(6) providing demonstrable improvements in the performance of Federal permitting and review processes, including lower costs and more timely decisions;(7) expanding and institutionalizing Federal permitting and review process improvements that have proven effective;(8) developing mechanisms to better communicate priorities and resolve disputes among agencies at the national, regional, State, and local levels; and(9) developing other practices, such as preapplication procedures.
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(1) establishing and adhering to timelines and schedules for the consideration of, and final decisions regarding, applications, operating plans, leases, licenses, permits, and other use authorizations for critical mineral-related activities on Federal land;
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(1) identifies additional measures, including regulatory and legislative proposals, if appropriate, that would increase the timeliness of permitting activities for the exploration and development of domestic critical minerals;
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(2) identifies options, including cost recovery paid by permit applicants, for ensuring adequate staffing and training of Federal entities and personnel responsible for the consideration of applications, operating plans, leases, licenses, permits, and other use authorizations for critical mineral-related activities on Federal land;
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(3) quantifies the period of time typically required to complete each step associated with the development and processing of applications, operating plans, leases, licenses, permits, and other use authorizations for critical mineral-related activities on Federal land, including by—(A) calculating the range, the mean, the median, the variance, and other statistical measures or representations of the period of time; and(B) taking into account other aspects that affect the period of time that are outside the control of the Executive branch, such as judicial review, applicant decisions, or State and local government involvement; and
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(e) Not later than 90 days after the date of submission of the report under subsection (d), and after providing public notice and an opportunity to comment, the Secretaries, using as a baseline the period of time quantified under paragraph (3) of that subsection, shall develop and publish a performance metric for evaluating the progress made by the Executive branch to expedite the permitting of activities that will increase exploration for, and development of, domestic critical minerals, while maintaining environmental standards.
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(2) using the performance metric developed under subsection (e), describes progress made by the Executive branch, as compared to the baseline developed pursuant to subsection (d)(3), in expediting the permitting of activities that will increase exploration for, and development of, domestic critical minerals; and
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(3) compares the United States to other countries in terms of permitting efficiency and any other criteria relevant to the globally competitive critical minerals industry.
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(g) Each year, using data contained in the reports submitted under subsection (f), the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall prioritize inclusion of individual critical mineral projects on the website operated by the Office of Management and Budget in accordance with section 1122 of title 31.
Citations to §1601(b)(2)
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It is the continuing policy of the United States to promote an adequate and stable supply of materials necessary to maintain national security, economic well-being and industrial production with appropriate attention to a long-term balance between resource production, energy use, a healthy environment, natural resources conservation, and social needs. Implementation of this policy requires that the President shall, through the Executive Office of the President, coordinate the responsible departments and agencies to, among other measures—
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(4) promote a vigorous, comprehensive, and coordinated program of materials research and development consistent with the policies and priorities set forth in the National Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.);
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(6) promote and encourage private enterprise in the development of economically sound and stable domestic materials industries;
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(1) direct that the responsible departments and agencies identify, assist, and make recommendations for carrying out appropriate policies and programs to ensure adequate, stable, and economical materials supplies essential to national security, economic well-being, and industrial production;
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(A) advanced science and technology for the exploration, discovery, and recovery of nonfuel materials;
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(D) improved understanding of current and new materials performance, processing, substitution, and adaptability in engineering designs;
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(3) provide for improved collection, analysis, and dissemination of scientific, technical and economic materials information and data from Federal, State, and local governments and other sources as appropriate;
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(4) assess the need for and make recommendations concerning the availability and adequacy of supply of technically trained personnel necessary for materials research, development, extraction, harvest and industrial practice, paying particular regard to the problem of attracting and maintaining high quality materials professionals in the Federal service;
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(5) establish early warning systems for materials supply problems;
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(A) private corporations performing the same or related activities in materials industries; and
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(8) assess Federal policies which adversely or positively affect all stages of the materials cycle, from exploration to final product recycling and disposal including but not limited to, financial assistance and tax policies for recycled and virgin sources of materials and make recommendations for equalizing any existing imbalances, or removing any impediments, which may be created by the application of Federal law and regulations to the market for materials; and
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(B) continuing long-range analysis of materials use to meet national security, economic, industrial and social needs; the adequacy and stability of supplies; and the industrial and economic implications of supply shortages or disruptions;
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(C) continuing private sector consultation in Federal materials programs; and
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(2) recommendations for the collection, analysis, and dissemination of information concerning domestic and international long-range materials demand, supply and needs, including consideration of the establishment of a separate materials information agency patterned after the Bureau of Labor Statistics; and
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(3) recommendations for legislation and administrative initiatives necessary to reconcile policy conflicts and to establish programs and institutional structures necessary to achieve the goals of a national materials policy.
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(3) prepare an assessment of national materials needs related to scientific and technological changes over the next five years. Such assessment shall be revised on an annual basis. Where possible, the Director shall extend the assessment in 10- and 25-year increments over the whole expected lifetime of such needs and technologies.
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(1) not later than 1 year after December 27, 2020, submit to the Congress a report that assesses critical materials needs and that recommends programs that would assist in meeting such needs, including an assessment of economic stockpiles; and
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(2) assess the adequacy and stability of the supply of materials necessary to maintain national security, economic well-being, public health, and industrial production.
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(d) The Secretary of Defense, together with such other members of the Cabinet as are deemed necessary by the President, shall prepare a report assessing critical materials needs related to national security and identifying the steps necessary to meet those needs. The report shall include an assessment of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2061 et seq.) now [50 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.], and the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. App. 98 et seq.) [50 U.S.C. 98 et seq.]. Such report shall be made available to the Congress within 1 year after December 27, 2020, and shall be revised periodically as deemed necessary.
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(B) a draft list of minerals, elements, substances, and materials that qualify as critical minerals; and
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(A) a description of the final methodology for determining which minerals, elements, substances, and materials qualify as critical minerals;
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(A) For purposes of carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall maintain a list of minerals, elements, substances, and materials designated as critical, pursuant to the final methodology published under paragraph (3), that the Secretary determines—(i) are essential to the economic or national security of the United States;(ii) the supply chain of which is vulnerable to disruption (including restrictions associated with foreign political risk, abrupt demand growth, military conflict, violent unrest, anti-competitive or protectionist behaviors, and other risks throughout the supply chain); and(iii) serve an essential function in the manufacturing of a product (including energy technology-, defense-, currency-, agriculture-, consumer electronics-, and health care-related applications), the absence of which would have significant consequences for the economic or national security of the United States.
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(C) The Secretary shall consult with the Secretaries of Defense, Commerce, Agriculture, Health and Human Services, and Energy and the United States Trade Representative in designating minerals, elements, substances, and materials as critical under this paragraph.
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(ii) determine that minerals, elements, substances, and materials previously determined to be critical minerals are no longer critical minerals; and
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(iii) designate additional minerals, elements, substances, or materials as critical minerals.
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(A) to develop alternatives to critical materials that do not occur in significant abundance in the United States;
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(C) to ensure the long-term, secure, and sustainable supply of critical materials; and
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(B) alternative energy technologies or alternative designs of existing energy technologies, particularly technologies or designs that use materials that—(i) occur in abundance in the United States; and(ii) are not subject to potential supply restrictions;
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(C) technologies or process improvements that minimize the use and content, or lead to more efficient use, of critical materials across the full supply chain;
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(D) innovative technologies and practices to diversify commercially viable and sustainable domestic sources of critical materials, including technologies for recovery from waste streams;
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(G) commercial markets, advanced storage methods, energy applications, and other beneficial uses of critical materials; and
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(ii) the expected contributions under the program to the creation of innovative methods and technologies for the efficient and sustainable provision of critical materials to the domestic economy;
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(iii) the expected activities under the program to mitigate the environmental and health impacts of the extraction, processing, manufacturing, use, recovery, and recycling of critical materials; and
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(6) To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall ensure that the activities carried out under this subsection are coordinated with, and do not duplicate the efforts of, other programs within the Federal Government, including the work underway by the Critical Materials Institute and the National Minerals Information Center.
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(A) Not later than 1 year after December 27, 2020, the Secretary shall establish and operate a Critical Materials Consortium (referred to in this paragraph as the “Consortium”) for the purpose of supporting the program by providing, to the maximum extent practicable, a centralized entity for multidisciplinary, collaborative, critical materials research and development.
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(B) If an Energy Innovation Hub authorized under section 18632 of title 42 that is focused on critical materials exists on December 27, 2020, the Secretary shall leverage the personnel and expertise of the Energy Innovation Hub to manage the Consortium for not less than 3 years following the date on which the Consortium is established.
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(1) In carrying out the program established under subsection (g)(1), the Secretary and the Secretary of Energy (referred to in this subsection as the “Secretaries”), in consultation with the Director of the National Science Foundation, shall establish and operate a Critical Materials Information Portal (referred to in this subsection as the “Portal”) to collect, catalogue, disseminate, and archive information on critical materials.
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(2) In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretaries shall leverage the expertise of the National Minerals Information Center, the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, and the Critical Materials Consortium established under subsection (g)(8)(A).
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(3) The purpose of the Portal is to support the development of a web-based platform to provide public access to a database of computed information on known and predicted critical materials and related material properties and computational tools in order—(A) to accelerate breakthroughs in critical materials identification and design;(B) to strengthen the foundation for technologies that will enable more sustainable recycling, substitution, use, and recovery and minimize the environmental impacts of methods for extraction, processing, and manufacturing of critical materials; and(C) to drive the development of advanced materials for applications that span the missions of the Department of Energy and the Department of the Interior (referred to in this subsection as the “Departments”) in energy, environment, and national security.
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(A) to accelerate breakthroughs in critical materials identification and design;
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(B) to strengthen the foundation for technologies that will enable more sustainable recycling, substitution, use, and recovery and minimize the environmental impacts of methods for extraction, processing, and manufacturing of critical materials; and
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(C) to drive the development of advanced materials for applications that span the missions of the Department of Energy and the Department of the Interior (referred to in this subsection as the “Departments”) in energy, environment, and national security.
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(B) leverage existing high-performance computing systems to conduct high throughput calculations and develop computing and data mining algorithms for the prediction of material properties, including a focus on critical materials;
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(E) seek and incorporate other information on critical materials to enhance the Departments’ utility for program participants and other users; and