Hearing: Legislative Hearing on the following bills: • H.R. 1501 (Rep. Shreve), “Protecting Domestic Mining Act of 2025” • H.R. 2969 (Rep. Wittman), “Finding Opportunities for Resource Exploration Act” or the “Finding ORE Act” • H.R. 4781 (Rep. Barr), “Rare Earth Solutions and Carbon Utilization Enhancement Act of 2025” or the “RESCUE Act of 2025” • H.R. 5929 (Rep. Barr), “Critical Minerals Supply Chain Resiliency Act” • H.R. 7126 (Rep. Wittman), “Securing Essential and Critical U.S. Resources and Elements Minerals Act of 2026" or the "SECURE Minerals Act of 2026"

Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources (Committee on Natural Resources)

1334 LHOB
Washington, D.C.

Witnesses

Text of Legislation

• H.R. 1501 (Rep. Shreve), "Protecting Domestic Mining Act of 2025" [PDF]
• H.R. 2969 (Rep. Wittman), "Finding ORE Act" [PDF]
• H.R. 4781 (Rep. Barr), "RESCUE Act of 2025" [PDF]
• H.R. 5929 (Rep. Barr), "Critical Minerals Supply Chain Resiliency Act" [PDF]
• H.R. 7126 (Rep. Wittman), "SECURE Minerals Act of 2026" [PDF]
• H.R. 7458 (Rep. Hageman), "Domestic ORE Act" [PDF] Added 02/23/2026 at 01:10 PM

Support Documents

• Hearing Notice [PDF]
• Hearing Memo [PDF] Added 02/23/2026 at 01:08 PM
• Rep. Crank FTR Benchmark Minerals Article - Chinese AAM imports into the US face 160% tariff following antidumping investigation ruling [PDF] Added 02/24/2026 at 04:57 PM
• Rep. Crank FTR Reuters Article - China is oversupplying lithium to eliminate rivals, US official says [PDF] Added 02/24/2026 at 04:57 PM
• Rep. Crank FTR Reuters Article - Western miners push for higher metals prices to ward off Chinese Rivals [PDF] Added 02/24/2026 at 04:57 PM
• Ranking Member Ansari FTR AEMA Membership Page - Rio Tinto blurb [PDF] Added 02/25/2026 at 10:14 AM
• Chairman Stauber FTR National Association of Manufacturers Statement [PDF] Added 02/25/2026 at 02:43 PM
• Chairman Stauber FTR National Mining Association Statement [PDF] Added 02/25/2026 at 02:43 PM
• Statement for the Record - Bureau of Land Management [PDF] Added 02/26/2026 at 10:42 AM
• Statement for the Record - U.S. Geological Survey [PDF] Added 02/26/2026 at 10:42 AM
• Statement for the Record - Export-Import Bank of the U.S. [PDF] Added 02/26/2026 at 10:42 AM
• Statement for the Record - Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council [PDF] Added 03/02/2026 at 06:03 PM
• Rep. Huffman FTR H.R. 7458- Community Opposition Letter [PDF] Added 03/10/2026 at 01:11 PM
• Rep. Huffman FTR NPCA Letter [PDF] Added 03/10/2026 at 01:11 PM
• Chairman Stauber FTR Rep. Shreve's Statement on H.R. 1501 [PDF] Added 03/10/2026 at 01:11 PM
• Rep. Westerman FTR International Energy Agency Report - The Role of Critical Minerals in Clean Energy Transitions [PDF] Added 03/18/2026 at 05:52 PM
• QFR Responses Compton [PDF] Added 03/18/2026 at 05:52 PM
• QFR Responses Hodgkins [PDF] Added 03/18/2026 at 05:52 PM
• QFR Responses Hodgkins [PDF] Added 03/18/2026 at 05:52 PM
• QFR Responses Pi [PDF] Added 03/18/2026 at 05:52 PM

First Published: February 17, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Last Updated: March 18, 2026 at 05:52 PM