H.R. 3617 · 119th Congress

Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act

Introduced on May 29, 2025 by John James (R-MI-10). 4 cosponsors, all from the sponsor's party. Latest action (Feb 12, 2026): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Stage
Passed one chamber
Introduced
May 29, 2025
Cosponsors
4
0 from the other party
Policy area
Energy
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend the Department of Energy Organization Act to secure the supply of critical energy resources, including critical minerals and other materials, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Energy research
  • Energy storage, supplies, demand
  • Government information and archives
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Mining
  • Research and development
  • Strategic materials and reserves
  • Supply chain

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Reported to House, Sep 11, 2025). Public domain.

Securing America's Critical Minerals Supply Act

This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to secure the supply of critical energy resources that are essential to the energy security of the United States. A critical energy resource means an energy resource (1) that is essential to the energy sector and energy systems of the United States, and (2) the supply chain of which is vulnerable to disruption.

As part of its duties, DOE must conduct ongoing assessments of

  • energy resource criticality,
  • the U.S. supply chain of critical energy resources and its vulnerabilities,
  • the diversity of domestic critical energy resource supply chains,
  • capacity constraints on the domestic production of critical energy resources,
  • federal regulations affecting the domestic production or importation of critical energy resources,
  • how energy security is affected by reliance on imports of critical energy resources, and
  • how adversarial nations seek to exploit critical energy resource markets to undermine investment in the United States.

DOE must also

  • facilitate the development of strategies to strengthen critical energy resource supply chains,
  • develop substitutes and alternatives to critical energy resources, and
  • improve technology that reuses and recycles critical energy resources.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

John JamesR-MI-10Sponsor

Republicans · 4

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

  1. On Motion to Recommit
    Feb 11, 2026· House· Procedural· Failed 214–215
  2. On Passage
    Feb 11, 2026· House· Passage· Passed 223–206

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. May 29, 2025Introduced in House
  2. May 29, 2025Introduced in House
  3. May 29, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  4. Jun 3, 2025 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
  5. Jun 5, 2025 · HouseSubcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  6. Jun 5, 2025 · HouseForwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
  7. Jun 25, 2025 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  8. Jun 25, 2025 · HouseOrdered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 21.
  9. Sep 11, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-268.
  10. Sep 11, 2025 · HouseReported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-268.
  11. Sep 11, 2025 · HousePlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 224.
  12. Feb 9, 2026 · HouseRules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1042 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2189, H.R. 261 and H.R. 3617. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 2189, H.R. 261, and H.R. 3617 under a closed rule and provides for one hour of debate and one motion to recommit on each bill.
  13. Feb 10, 2026 · HouseRule H. Res. 1042 failed passage of House.
  14. Feb 11, 2026 · HouseRules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1057 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of S. 1383, H.R. 2189, H.R. 261 and H.R. 3617. The resolution provides for consideration of S. 1383, H.R. 2189, H.R. 261, and H.R. 3617 under a closed rule and provides for one motion to recommit H.R. 2189, H.R. 261, and H.R. 3617, and one motion to commit S. 1383.
  15. Feb 11, 2026 · HouseRule H. Res. 1057 passed House.
  16. Feb 11, 2026 · HouseConsidered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1057. (consideration: CR H2150-2154)
  17. Feb 11, 2026 · HouseRule provides for consideration of S. 1383, H.R. 2189, H.R. 261 and H.R. 3617. The resolution provides for consideration of S. 1383, H.R. 2189, H.R. 261, and H.R. 3617 under a closed rule and provides for one motion to recommit H.R. 2189, H.R. 261, and H.R. 3617, and one motion to commit S. 1383.
  18. Feb 11, 2026 · HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 3617.
  19. Feb 11, 2026 · HouseThe previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
  20. Feb 11, 2026 · HouseMr. Landsman moved to recommit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. (text: CR H2154)
  21. Feb 11, 2026 · HouseThe previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX.
  22. Feb 11, 2026 · HousePOSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 3617, the Chair put the question on the motion to recommit and by voice vote, announced the noes had prevailed. Mr. Landsman demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
  23. Feb 11, 2026 · HouseConsidered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2167-2169)
  24. Feb 11, 2026 · HouseOn motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 214 - 215 (Roll no. 63).House · Roll call 63
  25. Feb 11, 2026Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 223 - 206 (Roll no. 64).House · Roll call 64
  26. Feb 11, 2026 · HouseOn passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 223 - 206 (Roll no. 64). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H2150)House · Roll call 64
  27. Feb 11, 2026 · HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  28. Feb 12, 2026 · SenateReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. EDISON ELECTRIC INSTITUTE13 reports
    $10.6M reported (all issues)
  2. CMS ENERGY CORPORATION5 reports
    $1.1M reported (all issues)
  3. Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.5 reports
    $87.7M reported (all issues)
  4. PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.5 reports
    $510K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY$189.1K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  5. XCEL ENERGY5 reports
    $2.7M reported (all issues)
  6. AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC. AND AFFILIATED CORPORATIONS4 reports
    $2.5M reported (all issues)
  7. DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION4 reports
    $8.3M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS, LLC$17.5M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  8. PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION4 reports
    $780K reported (all issues)
  9. PUGET SOUND ENERGY INC.4 reports
    $1.2M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: PUGET SOUND ENERGY INC$1.6M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  10. PPL Corporation3 reports
    $360K reported (all issues)
  11. CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBLE ENERGY SOLUTIONS, INC.2 reports
    $540K reported (all issues)
  12. Earthjustice Action1 report
    $179.6K reported (all issues)
  13. LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS, INC1 report
    $200K reported (all issues)
  14. New York Credit Union Association, Inc.1 report

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 5, 2026 · loaded Oct 5, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.