S.Amdt. 4824

SA 4824. Mr. BARRASSO 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 G of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1064. ENSURING CONSIDERATION OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY
IMPACTS OF URANIUM AS A CRITICAL MINERAL.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense, in coordination
with the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of the Interior
(acting through the Director of the United States Geological
Survey), and the Secretary of Commerce, shall conduct an
assessment of the effect on national security that may result
from uranium ceasing to be designated as a critical mineral
by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to section 7002(c)
of the Energy Act of 2020 (division Z of Public Law 116-260;
30 U.S.C. 1606(c)).
(b) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit
to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the
findings of the assessment conducted under subsection (a),
including an assessment of--
(1) any effects the change in designation described in that
subsection may have on domestic uranium production;
(2) any effects of the reliance of the United States on
imports of uranium from foreign sources, including from
state-owned entities, to supply fuel for commercial reactors;
(3) the effects of such reliance and other factors on the
domestic production, conversion, fabrication, and enrichment
of uranium as it relates to national security, including
energy security purposes; and
(4) any effects on Federal national security programs,
including existing and future uses of unobligated, United
States-origin uranium.
(c) Recommendation on Uranium Critical Mineral
Designation.--The report required by subsection (b) shall
include a recommendation to the Secretary of the Interior
regarding whether it is in the interest of the United States
to consider uranium for future designation as a critical
mineral pursuant to section 7002(c) of the Energy Act of 2020
(division Z of Public Law 116-260; 30 U.S.C. 1606(c)).
(d) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress''
means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Energy and Natural Resources, the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Energy and Commerce, and the Committee on Natural Resources
of the House of Representatives.
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