The bill amends the Energy Act of 2020 to include both critical minerals and materials in the Critical Minerals and Materials List. It requires the Secretary of Energy to publish and regularly update this list. The list will include designated critical minerals and any non-fuel minerals, elements, substances, or materials identified as critical. It also emphasizes coordination between the Secretary and the Secretary of Energy for list updates. The bill aims to ensure that federal departments and agencies use the most recent version of the Critical Minerals and Materials List for program administration involving critical minerals or materials.
Critical Mineral Consistency Act of 2025
This bill modifies the Energy Act of 2020 to expand the definition of critical minerals to include critical materials designated by the Department of Energy (DOE).
Under current law, DOE's critical materials list contains certain materials that are essential for energy, including those on the critical minerals list of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The USGS's list, which contains certain minerals that are essential to the nation's economic or national security, is not required to include the materials on DOE's list. Currently, both lists include minerals with a high risk of supply chain disruptions, and both DOE and USGS must conduct a variety of efforts to ensure a secure and reliable supply chain of the minerals.
By expanding the definition of critical minerals, this bill requires the USGS to include on its list the materials on DOE's list. Within 45 days of DOE adding a mineral, element, substance, or material to its critical materials list, the USGS must update its list to include such mineral, element, substance, or material.
