S.Amdt. 3392

SA 3392. Ms. CORTEZ MASTO submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed by her to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for
fiscal year 2026 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. 1067. USE OF DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT FUND FOR CRITICAL
MINERALS INVESTMENTS.

(a) In General.--Using a portion of amounts appropriated by
section 30004 of Public Law 119-21, the President shall make
investments--
(1) to support measures to increase the production of
critical minerals and derivative products in the United
States in a manner consistent with Executive Order 14241 (90
Fed. Reg. 13673); and
(2) to support investments made under the Infrastructure
Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58; 135 Stat. 429) in
critical minerals and derivative products.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Critical mineral.--The term ``critical mineral''--
(A) has the meaning given that term in section 7002(a) of
the Energy Act of 2020 (30 U.S.C. 1606(a)); and
(B) includes uranium, copper, potash, gold, and any other
element, compound, or material the President determines
appropriate.
(2) Derivative product.--The term ``derivative product''--
(A) means a good that incorporates a processed mineral as
an input; and
(B) includes--
(i) a semi-finished good, such as a semiconductor wafer,
anode, or cathode; and
(ii) a final product, such as a permanent magnet, motor,
electric vehicle, battery, smartphone, microprocessor, radar
system, wind turbine or a component of a wind turbine, or
advanced optical device.
(3) Processed mineral.--The term ``processed mineral''
means a mineral that has undergone the activities that occur
after mineral ore is extracted from a mine up through its
conversion into a metal, metal powder, or a master alloy.
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