S.Amdt. 307

SA 307. Mr. TILLIS (for himself and Mr. Coons) 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 appropriate place in subtitle G of title X, insert
the following:

SEC. 10___. INCLUSION OF PHOSPHATE AND POTASH AS CRITICAL
MINERALS.

(a) In General.--The list of critical minerals published in
the notice of the Secretary of the Interior entitled ``2022
Final List of Critical Minerals'' (87 Fed. Reg. 10381
(February 24, 2022)) shall be deemed to include phosphate and
potash.
(b) Recommendations.--Not later than 90 days after the date
of enactment of this section, the Secretary of the Interior
shall evaluate current policies related to permitting and
leasing of projects to develop the minerals described in
subsection (a) and issue recommendations to the Committee on
Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee
on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives to
support domestic production of those minerals.
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