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H.R. 755

U.S. House•Senate Floor Calendar

Summary

H.R. 755, the Critical Mineral Consistency Act of 2025, was introduced in the House on Jan 28, 2025 by Rep. Juan Ciscomani (R) with 13 co-sponsors. It last saw action on Mar 4, 2026: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 348.

Record

Text

H.R. 755 has 13 co-sponsors.

hb755/engrossed-in-house.txt
119 HR 755 EH: Critical Mineral Consistency Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
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 119th CONGRESS  2d Session
 H. R. 755
 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 AN ACT
To amend the Energy Act of 2020 to harmonize the lists of critical minerals and critical materials, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Critical Mineral Consistency Act of 2025  .
2.
Critical minerals and materials list
Section 7002 of the Energy Act of 2020 ( 30 U.S.C. 1606 ) is amended—
(1)
in subsection (c)(4)(C), by inserting  minerals or materials  after  critical ;
(2)
by redesignating subsection (o) as subsection (p); and
(3)
by inserting after subsection (n) the following:
(o)
Critical minerals and materials list
(1)
In general
Not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of the Critical Mineral Consistency Act of 2025, the Secretary shall publish a Critical Minerals and Materials List, which shall include—
(A)
any critical mineral designated by the Secretary under subsection (c); and
(B)
any non-fuel mineral, element, substance, or material that the Secretary of Energy has determined to be a critical material under subsection (a)(2) as of that date of enactment.
(2)
Updates
The Secretary shall update the Critical Minerals and Materials List published under paragraph (1)—
(A)
not later than 45 days after the date on which the Secretary updates a critical mineral designation under subsection (c); and
(B)
not later than 45 days after the date on which the Secretary of Energy updates a critical material designation under subsection (a)(2).
(3)
Publication alignment
To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary and the Secretary of Energy shall coordinate when updates to the Critical Minerals and Materials List may be required under paragraph (2).
(4)
Administration
For the purposes of administering programs involving critical minerals or critical materials, the Secretary, the Secretary of Energy, and the heads of other Federal departments and agencies where such department or agency has incorporated by reference the definition of  critical mineral  or  critical material  from this section, as applicable, shall use the most recently published version of the Critical Minerals and Materials List published under paragraph (1).
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     Passed the House of Representatives March 3, 2026.  Kevin F. McCumber,  Clerk.

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-01-28
  2. Passed House2026-03-03
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

The summaries are the Congressional Research Service’s, one per stage. Read them in full.

Introduced in House Jan 28, 2025

hb755/introduced-in-house.md

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Introduced in House (01/28/2025)

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.

Sponsors

Rep. Juan Ciscomani (R) sponsors H.R. 755, and 13 members have co-sponsored it, 10 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 755 went before 1 committee: Natural Resources.

Natural Resources
Natural Resources
Reported By · Feb 24, 2026 · 395 Bills

Reports

1 committee report has been filed on H.R. 755, the latest H. Rept. 119-519.

Actions

H.R. 755 has taken 14 actions since Jan 28, 2025, the latest on Mar 4, 2026.

ChamberAction
Mar 4, 2026
Senate
Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 348.
Mar 3, 202615:38
House
Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Mar 3, 202615:38
House
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2353-2356)
Mar 3, 202615:38
House
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 755.
Mar 3, 202616:05
House
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2353-2354)

Votes

H.R. 755 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 755 goes by 8 titles, 4 of them short titles.

  • Critical Mineral Consistency Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) from PCS (Placed on Senate Calendar) bill text
  • Critical Mineral Consistency Act of 2025 — Display Title
  • To amend the Energy Act of 2020 to harmonize the lists of critical minerals and critical materials, and for other purposes. — Official Titles from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
  • Critical Mineral Consistency Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Passed House
  • To amend the Energy Act of 2020 to harmonize the lists of critical minerals and critical materials, and for other purposes — Official Titles as Amended by House
  • Critical Mineral Consistency Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Reported to House
  • Critical Mineral Consistency Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • To amend the Energy Act of 2020 to include critical materials in the definition of critical mineral, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

10 clients hired 9 firms and 154 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 755 in 43 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Energy/Nuclear, Natural Resources, Budget/Appropriations, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Trade (domestic/foreign), Transportation, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Defense.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.—District of Columbia17—
NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION—District of Columbia17—
FREEPORT-MCMORAN, INC.Mining CompanyArizona16$180K
BHP GROUP LIMITED——15—
NATIONAL ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION—Virginia15—
KINTERRA CAPITAL CORPCritical materials & infrastructure investments, building secure & reliable supply chainsOntario14$140K
NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION, INC.—District of Columbia14—
NEWMONT MINING CORPORATIONMiningDistrict of Columbia12$100K
CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBLE ENERGY SOLUTIONS, INC.—District of Columbia12—
ZERO EMISSION TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION—District of Columbia11—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.17—
NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION17—
CASSIDY & ASSOCIATES, INC.26$240K
HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP16$180K
BHP GROUP LIMITED15—
NATIONAL ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION15—
NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION, INC.14—
CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBLE ENERGY SOLUTIONS, INC.12—
ZERO EMISSION TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION11—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 154.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
ABELARDO TORRES117
ANDREA PORWOLL117
ASHLEY GUM117
BRADLEY WATTS117
BRINCE MANNING117
BROOKE MILLER117
CASSIA CARVALHO117
CHAD WHITEMAN117
CHANTEL SHEAKS117
CHRISTOPHER CRENSHAW117
CHRISTOPHER EYLER117
CHRISTOPHER GUITH117
CHRISTOPHER ROBERTI117
CLARK JACKSON117
DAN BYERS117
ERIN DELANEY117
ESPERANZA JELALIAN117
FOXHALL PARKER117
GARY LITMAN117
GERALD MULLINS117

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.2026 first_quarter$19.8M1st Quarter - Amendme…
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.2026 first_quarter$19.8M1st Quarter - Report
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.2025 second_quarter$19.3M2nd Quarter - Report
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.2025 first_quarter$19.3M1st Quarter - Report
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.2025 fourth_quarter$18M4th Quarter - Report
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.2026 second_quarter$17M2nd Quarter - Report
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.2025 third_quarter$13.7M3rd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATIONNATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION2026 second_quarter$820K2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATIONNATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION2025 second_quarter$760K2nd Quarter - Amendme…
NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATIONNATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION2026 first_quarter$720K1st Quarter - Report
NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATIONNATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION2025 first_quarter$660K1st Quarter - Report
NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATIONNATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION2025 third_quarter$649K3rd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATIONNATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION2025 fourth_quarter$640K4th Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATIONNATIONAL ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION2025 third_quarter$630K3rd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION, INC.NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION, INC.2026 second_quarter$600K2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION, INC.NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION, INC.2026 first_quarter$600K1st Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATIONNATIONAL ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION2025 second_quarter$450K2nd Quarter - Amendme…
NATIONAL ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATIONNATIONAL ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION2025 second_quarter$450K2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATIONNATIONAL ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION2025 first_quarter$440K1st Quarter - Amendme…
NATIONAL ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATIONNATIONAL ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION2025 first_quarter$440K1st Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 755 under Energy, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 3 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 755’s is Energy.

hr755/policy-areas.txt
EnergyAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 755 carries 3 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Metals to Strategic materials and reserves.

hr755/subjects.txt
MetalsMiningStrategic materials and reserves

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 755, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 18 (Tuesday, January 28, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. CISCOMANI:H.R. 755.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8[Page H406]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com