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This bill would officially treat uranium as a critical mineral under federal law. In simple terms, it would make uranium count on the government’s list of important minerals used for the country’s security and economy, even though fuel minerals are normally left off that list. The bill also says uranium should be treated as if it had already been on the 2022 federal critical minerals list and should stay on every future list made under existing energy law.
- It adds uranium to the federal critical minerals list, overriding the usual rule that fuel minerals are excluded.
- It says uranium should be treated as if it was already included in the 2022 official list of critical minerals.
- It requires uranium to be included on all future critical minerals lists published under the Energy Act of 2020.
Official Summaries
Uranium for Energy Independence Act of 2025
This bill includes uranium on the critical minerals list. In 2018, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) published a list of critical minerals, including uranium, in response to an executive order that called for a federal strategy to ensure secure and reliable supplies of critical minerals. The USGS updates the list every three years and includes certain minerals that are essential to economic or national security and have a supply chain vulnerable to disruption. In 2022, USGS removed uranium from the list. The bill reinstates uranium as a critical mineral and requires uranium to be treated as if it were included on that list at the time of publication.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1622 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1622
To provide for the inclusion of uranium on the list of critical
minerals, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 26, 2025
Mr. McGuire (for himself, Ms. Maloy, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. McCormick, Mr.
Haridopolos, and Mr. Gosar) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
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A BILL
To provide for the inclusion of uranium on the list of critical
minerals, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Uranium for Energy Independence Act
of 2025''.
SEC. 2. URANIUM CRITICAL MINERAL STATUS.
Notwithstanding the exclusion of fuel minerals from the definition
of the term ``critical mineral'' under any Federal law, regulation, or
Executive order, uranium--
(1) is deemed to be included on the 2022 final list of
critical minerals in the notice entitled ``2022 Final List of
Critical Minerals'' published by the United States Geological
Survey (87 Fed. Reg. 10381; February 24, 2022), and shall be
treated as if included on that list at the time of publication;
and
(2) shall be included on each subsequent list of critical
minerals published pursuant to section 7002 of the Energy Act
of 2020 (30 U.S.C. 1606).
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