H.R. 3617 Passed the House Energy

Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act

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.

  1. Introduced
  2. Committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To President
  6. Became law
Sponsor Rep. James, John [R-MI-10] Introduced May 29, 2025 Cosponsors 4 (4 R) Latest action February 12, 2026

Summary

Securing America's Critical Minerals Supply Act
This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to secure the supply of critical energy resources that are essential to the energy security of the United States. A critical energy resource means an energy resource (1) that is essential to the energy sector and energy systems of the United States, and (2) the supply chain of which is vulnerable to disruption.
As part of its duties, DOE must conduct ongoing assessments of
- energy resource criticality,
- the U.S. supply chain of critical energy resources and its vulnerabilities, 
- the diversity of domestic critical energy resource supply chains,
- capacity constraints on the domestic production of critical energy resources,
- federal regulations affecting the domestic production or importation of critical energy resources, 
- how energy security is affected by reliance on imports of critical energy resources, and 
- how adversarial nations seek to exploit critical energy resource markets to undermine investment in the United States.
DOE must also
- facilitate the development of strategies to strengthen critical energy resource supply chains,
- develop substitutes and alternatives to critical energy resources, and
- improve technology that reuses and recycles critical energy resources.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

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Roll-call votes

Actions

  1. Feb 12, 2026 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  2. Feb 11, 2026 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  3. Feb 11, 2026 On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 223 - 206 (Roll no. 64). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H2150)
  4. Feb 11, 2026 Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 223 - 206 (Roll no. 64).
  5. Feb 11, 2026 On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 214 - 215 (Roll no. 63).
  6. Feb 11, 2026 Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2167-2169)
  7. Feb 11, 2026 POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 3617, the Chair put the question on the motion to recommit and by voice vote, announced the noes had prevailed. Mr. Landsman demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
  8. Feb 11, 2026 The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX.
  9. Feb 11, 2026 Mr. Landsman moved to recommit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. (text: CR H2154)
  10. Feb 11, 2026 The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
  11. Feb 11, 2026 DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 3617.
  12. Feb 11, 2026 Rule provides for consideration of S. 1383, H.R. 2189, H.R. 261 and H.R. 3617. The resolution provides for consideration of S. 1383, H.R. 2189, H.R. 261, and H.R. 3617 under a closed rule and provides for one motion to recommit H.R. 2189, H.R. 261, and H.R. 3617, and one motion to commit S. 1383.

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