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HR 755 Passed a chamber

Requires a single combined Critical Minerals and Materials List that covers both critical minerals and critical materials, with updates due within 45 days of each designation change.

Official title: Critical Mineral Consistency Act of 2025

Next stop Senate: awaiting action
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced 28-JAN-2025
Referred 28-JAN-2025
Approved by committee 11-FEB-2026
Reported 24-FEB-2026
On the calendar 24-FEB-2026
Passed 03-MAR-2026
Senate
Received 04-MAR-2026
Key points
  • Requires the Secretary to publish a Critical Minerals and Materials List within 45 days of enactment, covering minerals designated as critical and materials the Secretary of Energy has determined to be critical.
  • Requires the list to be updated within 45 days after either official changes a critical mineral or critical material designation, and directs the two officials to coordinate publication timing where practicable.
  • Directs federal departments and agencies that have incorporated the critical mineral or critical material definition to use the most recently published version of the list.
  • Amends Section 7002 of the Energy Act of 2020 by adding the words "minerals or materials" to subsection (c)(4)(C) and redesignating subsection (o) as subsection (p).
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Official CRS summary

Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (28-JAN-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 03-MAR-2026).

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Committee referrals (1) Policy area

Energy

Sponsor Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ) Cosponsors · 13
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