S.Amdt. 2446

SA 2446. Mr. BUDD (for himself, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Brown, Mr. Ricketts,
Mr. Marshall, Mr. Scott of Florida, and Mr. Coons) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4638, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 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 appropriate place in subtitle H of title X, insert
the following:

SEC. 10____. DESIGNATION OF POTASH AND PHOSPHATE AS CRITICAL
MINERALS.

(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Covered country.--The term ``covered country'' means--
(A) a covered nation (as defined in section 4872(d) of
title 10, United States Code); and
(B) any other country determined by the Secretary of
Defense to be a strategic competitor or adversary of the
United States for the purposes of this section.
(2) Critical mineral.--The term ``critical mineral'' has
the meaning given the term in section 7002(a) of the Energy
Act of 2020 (30 U.S.C. 1606(a)).
(b) Potash and Phosphate in Fertilizer Production.--Not
later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act,
the Secretary of the Interior shall designate potash and
phosphate individually as critical minerals if the Secretary
of the Interior determines that fertilizer produced with
potash and phosphate in covered countries accounts for
collectively 20 percent or more of the global production of
fertilizer produced using potash and phosphate.
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