S1871-118

Reported

To create intergovernmental coordination between State, local, Tribal, and territorial jurisdictions, and the Federal Government to combat United States reliance on the People’s Republic of China and other covered countries for critical minerals and rare earth metals, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Jun 8, 2023

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To create intergovernmental coordination between State, local, Tribal, and territorial jurisdictions, and the Federal Government to combat United States reliance on the People’s Republic of China and other covered countries for critical minerals and rare earth metals, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Trade, Foreign Policy.

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 H28F3357274FF4B01BCAF0DC7A49A4ECF: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Intergovernmental Critical Minerals Task Force Act.
  • Section H233A3E19CEE640FB8D264FAE024DE2F7: 2. Findings Congress finds that— current supply chains of critical minerals pose a great risk to the national security of the United States; critical minerals...
  • Section H0B2ACB6E33724822BD4B6D80338249FE: 3. Intergovernmental critical minerals task force Section 5 of the National Materials and Minerals Policy, Research and Development Act of 1980 (30 U.S.C....

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To create intergovernmental coordination between State, local, Tribal, and territorial jurisdictions, and the Federal Government to combat United States reliance on the People’s Republic of China and other covered countries for critical minerals and rare earth metals, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Key Policy Areas

Government Operations, Trade, Foreign Policy

Primary Purpose

This bill, To create intergovernmental coordination between State, local, Tribal, and territorial jurisdictions, and the Federal Government to combat United States reliance on the People’s Republic of China and other covered countries for critical minerals and rare earth metals, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Policy Domains

Government Operations Trade Foreign Policy

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • federal agencies and legislative administrators
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Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
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Legislative Progress

Reported
Introduced Committee Passed
Sep 5, 2023

Reported by Mr. Peters, with an amendment

Jun 8, 2023

Mr. Peters (for himself, Mr. Romney, and Mr. Lankford) introduced …

Jun 8, 2023

Mr. Peters (for himself, Mr. Romney, Mr. Lankford, and Ms. …

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

Government
6 mentions across 3 clauses
-6 negative

Bureau of Land Management, Federal agencies (DOD, DOE, Interior, etc.), Federal agencies implementing critical mineral policy

Mining
5 mentions across 2 clauses
+3 positive -2 negative

Chinese critical minerals exporters, Chinese critical minerals producers, Domestic mining companies

Positive-direction: Domestic mining companies, Mining industry workers

Negative-direction: Chinese critical minerals exporters, Chinese critical minerals producers

Foreign Entities
3 mentions across 3 clauses
+1 positive -2 negative

Allied countries (Indo-Pacific, Quad, Abraham Accords), Countries designated as covered countries, Countries designated as covered countries (China, etc.)

Positive-direction: Allied countries (Indo-Pacific, Quad, Abraham Accords)

Negative-direction: Countries designated as covered countries, Countries designated as covered countries (China, etc.)

Manufacturing
2 mentions across 2 clauses
+2 positive

Critical mineral processing and recycling companies, Critical mineral processing and refining companies

Defense
1 mention across 1 clause
+1 positive

Defense contractors using critical minerals

6/8
sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Government Operations Trade Foreign Policy
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_commerce"
→ Secretary of Commerce

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

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