CHARM Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9617 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9617

 To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to direct the Administrator of 
 the Environmental Protection Agency to coordinate a National Critical 
           Mineral Recovery Strategy, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 9, 2026

 Mr. Palmer (for himself and Mr. Tonko) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL

 
 To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to direct the Administrator of 
 the Environmental Protection Agency to coordinate a National Critical 
           Mineral Recovery Strategy, 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 ``Coordinating and Harnessing 
America's Recovery of Minerals Act'' or the ``CHARM Act''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL CRITICAL MINERAL RECOVERY STRATEGY.

    (a) In General.--Subtitle B of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 
U.S.C. 6911 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section:

``SEC. 2009. NATIONAL CRITICAL MINERAL RECOVERY STRATEGY.

    ``(a) Strategy.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Administrator shall, in consultation 
        with the heads of other Federal agencies that the Administrator 
        determines to be relevant, develop and carry out a National 
        Critical Mineral Recovery Strategy (in this section referred to 
        as the `Strategy') for the purpose of coordinating Federal 
        efforts to recover critical minerals from discarded materials.
            ``(2) Purpose.--In developing the Strategy under paragraph 
        (1), the Administrator, in consultation with the heads of other 
        Federal agencies described in paragraph (1), shall--
                    ``(A) identify programs administered by, and 
                authorities of, the Administrator that relate to the 
                recovery of critical minerals from discarded materials;
                    ``(B) identify programs administered by, and 
                authorities of, the other relevant Federal agencies 
                that relate to the recovery of critical minerals from 
                discarded materials;
                    ``(C) identify, and consider for inclusion in the 
                Strategy, opportunities that expand the recovery of 
                critical minerals, as well as that address legal, 
                technological, and other barriers to recovering such 
                critical minerals from discarded materials;
                    ``(D) identify, and consider for inclusion in the 
                Strategy, opportunities to recover critical minerals 
                from discarded materials that are mining waste or 
                residuals or metal processing waste;
                    ``(E) identify discarded materials that are 
                potential sources of critical minerals;
                    ``(F) identify potential critical minerals that may 
                be in discarded materials;
                    ``(G) evaluate the role of recovered critical 
                minerals, and the sources from which such critical 
                minerals were recovered from discarded materials, in 
                strengthening domestic supply chains of critical 
                minerals; and
                    ``(H) identify opportunities to recover critical 
                minerals from discarded materials in a manner that 
                minimizes risk to human health and the environment.
    ``(b) Report.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 2 years after the date of 
        enactment of this section, and every 2 years thereafter, the 
        Administrator shall transmit to the Committee on Energy and 
        Commerce of the House of Representatives and Committee on 
        Environment and Public Works of the Senate, and make publicly 
        available, a report that contains the Strategy and a 
        description of activities carried out pursuant to subsection 
        (a).
            ``(2) Inclusion.--The Administrator shall include in the 
        report transmitted under paragraph (1) a description of--
                    ``(A) any actions taken by the Administrator to 
                facilitate the recovery of critical minerals from 
                discarded materials pursuant to the Strategy;
                    ``(B) any actions taken by another Federal agency, 
                in coordination with the Administrator, to facilitate 
                the recovery of critical minerals from discarded 
                materials pursuant to the Strategy;
                    ``(C) any ongoing or planned actions by the 
                Administrator to facilitate the recovery of critical 
                minerals from discarded materials pursuant to the 
                Strategy; and
                    ``(D) any recommendations for legislation to 
                support the developing and carrying out of the 
                Strategy.
    ``(c) Critical Mineral Defined.--In this section, the term 
`critical mineral' has the meaning given such term in section 
7002(a)(3) of the Energy Act of 2020 (30 U.S.C. 1606(c)(3)).''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents contained in 
section 1001 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 2008 the following:

``Sec. 2009. National Critical Mineral Recovery Strategy.''.
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