Restoring American Mineral Security Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6696 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6696 To provide for the establishment of a Critical Minerals Security Alliance, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 12, 2025 Mr. Panetta (for himself and Mr. Kustoff) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, Natural Resources, Energy and Commerce, Armed Services, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To provide for the establishment of a Critical Minerals Security Alliance, 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 ``Restoring American Mineral Security Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. It is the sense of Congress that-- (1) a reliable supply chain of critical minerals is essential to meet the defense, manufacturing, and energy needs of the United States; (2) as of the date of the enactment of this Act, the United States is heavily dependent on the People's Republic of China for the production and processing of many key critical minerals; (3) the Government of the People's Republic of China has displayed a willingness to weaponize its dominance of critical mineral production and has intentionally created overcapacity and sold products at below-market rates in order to gain market share and move up the value chain; (4) the United States must use trade tools to combat those non-market policies and practices, and the use of trade tools is most effecti