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Senate Energy Committee adopts Lee–Heinrich substitute and advances Critical Mineral Consistency Act
Summary
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee adopted a Lee–Heinrich substitute and title amendment to S.714, the Critical Mineral Consistency Act, and voted to send the measure to the Senate floor. Sponsors said the bill will harmonize lists of critical minerals maintained by Interior and Energy under the Energy Act of 2020.
The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on April 25 adopted a Lee–Heinrich substitute amendment and an accompanying title amendment to S.714, the Critical Mineral Consistency Act, and voted to report the bill to the Senate floor.
Chairman Lee told the committee the measure “is intended to solve the problem” that the lists maintained by the Department of the Interior and the Department of Energy since passage of the Energy Act of 2020 have produced “unintended consequences…
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