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S. 44 · 118th Congress · Energy

ONSHORE Manufacturing Act of 2023

Died in committee4.8k words Introduced Jan 24, 2023 · Latest action Jan 24, 2023

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How far it has goneStopped at 2 of 6 · Died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 24, 2023 Done
  2. CommitteeDied Jan 3, 2025 Stopped here
  3. Senate floorNot yet Not reached yet
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What it does

This bill sets forth provisions to support secure supply chains of rare earth elements. A rare earth element means a natural element associated with (1) the metallic element scandium, with atomic number 21; (2) the metallic element yttrium, with atomic number 39; or (3) any of the series of 15 metallic elements between lanthanum, with atomic number 57, and lutetium, with atomic number 71, on the periodic table.

The Department of Energy (DOE) must establish a program that provides financial assistance for facilities located in the United States that produce finished rare earth products from purified rare earth elements. Financial assistance may be provided to (1) construct such facilities, (2) support workforce development for the facilities, or (3) support site development and technological upgrade for facilities.

The Department of the Treasury may establish the Minerals Security Partnership Fund to support the development and adoption of a secure supply chain for rare earth elements.

DOE must also establish an initiative with educational, workforce training, and apprenticeship programs relating to advanced rare earth element mining, separation, processing, metallurgy, and advanced equipment maintenance capabilities.

In addition, the President must develop a plan of action for using the authorities available under the Defense Production Act of 1950 to establish or enhance a domestic production capability for finished rare earth products and related technologies.

Congressional Research Service · summary of “Introduced in Senate” version · Jan 24, 2023

Who lobbies on it

1 organization · 5 filings · Q1 2023–Q4 2024

One square per quarter since introduction, oldest left. Filled = named it that quarter.

  1. Association of Equipment Manufacturers 5 of 8 quarters
    “CHIPs and Sciences Act (P.L.117-167) Implementation. CHIPS 2.0 (preliminary discussions about concept). Legislation to establish the Office of Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation Policy and strategic national manufacturing policy for the United States. S.1153/H.R.3917 - National Manufacturing Advisory Council for…”

    Q1 2024 filing · $2.5M lobbying spend in 2024, all issues

Organizations that named S. 44 in a quarterly lobbying report. Covers organizations with a PAC on file; reports from organizations without one aren’t loaded yet. Spend is the organization’s total across all issues: reports don’t split spending by bill. Source: Senate lobbying disclosures (LD-2) from lda.gov; quotes are word for word from the “specific lobbying issues” field.

Actions

2 actions · newest first
  1. Jan 24, 2023Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  2. Jan 24, 2023Introduced in Senate