S.Amdt. 1027

SA 1027. Mr. LANKFORD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2024 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 F of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1063. ENSURING RELIABLE SUPPLY OF CRITICAL MINERALS.

(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the People's Republic of China's dominant share of the
global minerals market is a threat to the economic stability,
well being, and competitiveness of key industries in the
United States;
(2) the United States should reduce reliance on the
People's Republic of China for critical minerals through--
(A) strategic investments in development projects,
production technologies, and refining facilities in the
United States; and
(B) in partnership with strategic allies of the United
States that are reliable trading partners, including members
of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue; and
(3) the United States Trade Representative should initiate
multilateral talks among the countries of the Quadrilateral
Security Dialogue to promote shared investment and
development of critical minerals.
(b) Report Required.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 120 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the United States Trade
Representative, in consultation with the officials specified
in paragraph (3), shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report on the work of the Trade
Representative to address the national security threat posed
by the People's Republic of China's control of nearly \2/3\
of the global supply of critical minerals.
(2) Elements.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall
include--
(A) a description of the extent of the engagement of the
United States with the other countries of the Quadrilateral
Security Dialogue to promote shared investment and
development of critical minerals during the period beginning
on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on the
date of the report; and
(B) a description of the plans of the President to leverage
the partnership of the countries of the Quadrilateral
Security Dialogue to produce a more reliable and secure
global supply chain of critical minerals.
(3) Officials specified.--The officials specified in this
paragraph are the following:
(A) The Secretary of Commerce.
(B) The Chief Executive Officer of the United States
International Development Finance Corporation.
(C) The Secretary of Energy.
(D) The Director of the United States Geological Survey.
(4) Appropriate congressional committees defined.--In this
subsection, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(A) the Committee on Finance and the Committee on Energy
and Natural Resources of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on
Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives.
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