CHARM Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 9617 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9617 To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to coordinate a National Critical Mineral Recovery Strategy, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 9, 2026 Mr. Palmer (for himself and Mr. Tonko) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to coordinate a National Critical Mineral Recovery Strategy, 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 ``Coordinating and Harnessing America's Recovery of Minerals Act'' or the ``CHARM Act''. SEC. 2. NATIONAL CRITICAL MINERAL RECOVERY STRATEGY. (a) In General.--Subtitle B of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6911 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ``SEC. 2009. NATIONAL CRITICAL MINERAL RECOVERY STRATEGY. ``(a) Strategy.-- ``(1) In general.--The Administrator shall, in consultation with the heads of other Federal agencies that the Administrator determines to be relevant, develop and carry out a National Critical Mineral Recovery Strategy (in this section referred to as the `Strategy') for the purpose of coordinating Federal efforts to recover critical minerals from discarded materials. ``(2) Purpose.--In developing the Strategy under paragraph (1), the Administrator, in consultation with the heads of other Federal agencies described in paragraph (1), shall-- ``(A) identify programs administered by, and authorities of,