SECURE Minerals Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 3659 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3659 To establish a Strategic Resilience Reserve of the United States, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 15, 2026 Mrs. Shaheen (for herself, Mr. Young, Mr. Rounds, and Ms. Cortez Masto) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To establish a Strategic Resilience Reserve of the United States, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Securing Essential and Critical U.S. Resources and Elements Minerals Act of 2026'' or the ``SECURE Minerals Act of 2026''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Findings. Sec. 3. Definitions. TITLE I--ESTABLISHMENT AND BOARD OF GOVERNORS Sec. 101. Establishment. Sec. 102. Board of governors. TITLE II--DUTIES AND AUTHORITIES OF THE RESERVE Sec. 201. General authorities. Sec. 202. Identification of eligible critical minerals and materials. Sec. 203. Data collection. Sec. 204. Critical mineral and material market risk and vulnerability assessment. Sec. 205. Production standards. Sec. 206. Financing and acquisition of critical minerals or materials. Sec. 207. Sale of critical minerals or materials. TITLE III--ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS Sec. 301. Corporate powers. Sec. 302. Records and accounts. TITLE IV--OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY Sec. 401. Risk and audit committees. Sec. 402. Annual audit and comptroller review. Sec. 403. Reporting and transparency. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congr