To unleash America’s offshore critical minerals and resources.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To unleash America’s offshore critical minerals and resources., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Defense, Trade.
Who Benefits and How
federal agencies and legislative administrators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H2FF37BDEDBEB4CF48F2093BB42E90DB2: 1. Findings Congress finds the following: The United States has a core national security and economic interest in maintaining leadership in deep sea science...
- Section H537397C903DE40AD9E7C973E4DE44BFF: 2. Strategic seabed critical mineral access Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the...
- Section HBCD4486B4894428C879CD04940C8A1E3: 3. General provisions Nothing in this Act shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency,...
- Section HD49859829A8E496D86E3D7F0398E1DE1: 4. Definitions In this Act: The term commercial recovery has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act (30 U.S.C....
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To unleash America’s offshore critical minerals and resources., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.
Key Policy Areas
Government Operations, Defense, Trade
Primary Purpose
This bill, To unleash America’s offshore critical minerals and resources., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- federal agencies and legislative administrators
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Ezell (for himself and Mrs. Miller-Meeks) introduced the following …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_administrator"
- → The Administrator identified in the operative section
- "secretary_of_energy"
- → Secretary of Energy
- "secretary_of_defense"
- → Secretary of Defense
- "secretary_of_commerce"
- → Secretary of Commerce
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
a mineral-bearing material located in the seabed of the outer Continental Shelf, including— a polymetallic nodule
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