S.Amdt. 1658

SA 1658. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1502 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill S. 1260, to
establish a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation in the
National Science Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub
program, to require a strategy and report on economic security,
science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to
establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of title III of division F, add the following:

SEC. 63__. CRITICAL MINERAL DEVELOPMENT.

(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Critical mineral.--The term ``critical mineral'' means
a critical mineral included on the Final List of Critical
Minerals 2018 published by the Secretary of the Interior (83
Fed. Reg. 23295 (May 18, 2018)).
(2) Secretary concerned.--The term ``Secretary concerned''
means, as applicable--
(A) the Secretary of the Interior; or
(B) the Secretary of Agriculture.
(b) Review.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, each Secretary concerned shall
complete a review of all land under the jurisdiction of the
Secretary concerned that is subject to an administrative
withdrawal from mineral development.
(2) Critical minerals.--
(A) In general.--In carrying out the review under paragraph
(1), the Secretary concerned shall use data of the United
States Geological Survey and any other relevant Federal
agencies to determine whether any land identified under that
paragraph contains any critical mineral.
(B) Solicitation of comments.--In carrying out subparagraph
(A), the Secretary concerned shall hold a comment period for
private sources to share data regarding whether any land
identified under paragraph (1) contains any critical mineral.
(c) List.--At the end of the 90-day period described in
paragraph (1) of subsection (b), each Secretary concerned
shall submit to Congress a report containing a comprehensive
list of all land identified as subject to an administrative
withdrawal from mineral development, including information on
whether the land contains any critical mineral, as determined
under paragraph (2) of that subsection.
(d) Rescission.--Not later than 90 days after the date on
which the Secretary concerned submits the report under
subsection (c), the administrative withdrawals for all land
determined under subsection (b)(2) to contain any critical
mineral shall be rescinded.
(e) Automatic Withdrawal.--With respect to any parcel of
land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary concerned that
is subject to an administrative withdrawal from mineral
development, if the Secretary does not submit a report under
subsection (c) with respect to that parcel by the deadline
described in subsection (b)(1), the administrative withdrawal
for that parcel shall automatically be rescinded.
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