HR3617-119

Reported

To amend the Department of Energy Organization Act to secure the supply of critical energy resources, including critical minerals and other materials, and for other purposes.

119th Congress Introduced May 29, 2025

Legislative Progress

Reported
Introduced Committee Passed
Sep 11, 2025

Additional sponsors: Mr. Dunn of Florida and Mrs. Houchin

Sep 11, 2025

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the …

May 29, 2025

Mr. James (for himself, Mr. Obernolte, and Mrs. Miller-Meeks) introduced …

Summary

What This Bill Does

Amends DOE Organization Act to include securing critical energy resources as core mission. Requires identifying and mitigating supply chain disruptions for essential energy materials.

Who Benefits and How

  • Energy sector gains dedicated DOE focus on resource security
  • National security strengthened through energy supply resilience
  • Energy technology developers receive supply chain protection

Who Bears the Burden and How

  • DOE must develop and implement critical resource security functions
  • Federal budget funds expanded DOE mission

Key Provisions

  • Defines critical energy resources as essential and supply-chain vulnerable
  • DOE purpose includes adequate and reliable critical resource supply
  • Functions include identifying and mitigating supply disruptions
  • Covers energy technology development and system operations
Model: claude-opus-4
Generated: Jan 10, 2026 17:13

Evidence Chain:

This summary is derived from the structured analysis below. See "Detailed Analysis" for per-title beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

Primary Purpose

Adds critical energy resource security functions to Department of Energy mission

Policy Domains

Energy National Security Supply Chain

Legislative Strategy

"Strengthen energy security through DOE supply chain mission"

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Energy Supply Chain
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ Secretary of Energy

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"critical energy resource" §2

Essential energy resource with supply chain vulnerable to disruption

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