Finding ORE Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 2969 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2969 To allow the Secretary of the Interior to enter into memoranda of understanding for the purpose of scientific and technical cooperation in the mapping of critical minerals and rare earth elements, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 17, 2025 Mr. Wittman (for himself, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Lawler, Ms. Houlahan, Mr. Gimenez, Ms. Stevens, and Mr. Torres of New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To allow the Secretary of the Interior to enter into memoranda of understanding for the purpose of scientific and technical cooperation in the mapping of critical minerals and rare earth elements, 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 ``Finding Opportunities for Resource Exploration Act'' or the ``Finding ORE Act''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) Allied foreign country.--The term ``allied foreign country'' means a country with which the United States has entered into a mutual defense treaty or other mutual defense agreement. (2) Critical mineral.--The term ``critical mineral'' has the meaning given the term in section 7002(a) of the Energy Act of 2020 (30 U.S.C. 1606(a)). (3) Institution of higher education.--The term ``institution of higher education'' has the meaning given the term in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). (4) Partner foreign country.--The term ``partner foreign country'' means a country that is a source of a critical mineral or rare earth element.