Directs the EPA to run a program that funds the search for and recovery of critical minerals from contaminated sites, with up to $10 million a year in total and no more than $3 million to any one recipient.

• Requires the EPA Administrator to support methods for finding and recovering critical materials at contaminated sites, through contracts, cooperative agreements, and awards to governments, nonprofits, and other persons
• Caps total assistance at $10,000,000 in any fiscal year and at $3,000,000 for any single recipient
• Requires applications to be scored on criteria including domestic supply chains, national security, remediation of National Priorities List sites, and protection of human health and the environment
• Ends the program 10 years after enactment

• Energy and Commerce Committee (House)
• Environment Subcommittee
• Environment and Public Works Committee (Senate)

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