S.Amdt. 4061

SA 4061. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to
the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle C of title XIV, add the following:

SEC. 1424. BRIEFING ON ABILITY OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO
RECOVER RARE EARTH MATERIALS FROM END-OF-LIFE
ITEMS.

Not later than October 1, 2022, the Under Secretary of
Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall brief the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives on the ability of the Department of Defense--
(1) to identify end-of-life items that contain rare earth
materials;
(2) to sell or barter such items to rare earth recycling
manufacturers; and
(3) to ensure that recovered rare earth materials and other
critical materials are retained in the United States.
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