Critical Minerals Trade Security Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6659 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6659 To establish within the Office of the United States Trade Representative a Chief Critical Minerals Negotiator, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 11, 2025 Mr. Moore of North Carolina (for himself, Mr. McGuire, Mr. Barr, and Mr. Lawler) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To establish within the Office of the United States Trade Representative a Chief Critical Minerals Negotiator, 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. This Act may be cited as the ``Critical Minerals Trade Security Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) Critical minerals, including rare earth elements, are essential for national security and economic resilience. (2) Processed critical minerals and their derivative products are key building blocks of the defense industrial base of the United States and integral to applications such as jet engines, missile guidance systems, advanced computing, radar systems, advanced optics, and secure communications equipment. (3) The United States remains heavily dependent on foreign sources of critical minerals which exposes the economy and defense sector to supply chain disruptions and economic coercion. (4) Foreign producers of critical minerals have engaged in price manipulation, overcapacity, and arbitrary export restrictions, using their supply chain dominance as a tool for geopolitical and economic leverage over the United States. SEC. 3. CHIEF CRITICAL MINERALS NEGOTIATOR. Section 141 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2171(b)) is ame