COBALT Act of 2022
Summary
Cobalt Optimizes Batteries And Leading Technologies Act of 2022 or the COBALT Act of 2022 This bill provides funding through the Defense Production Act Fund to increase stocks of domestically refined cobalt in the National Defense Stockpile. (The Defense Production Act of 1950 confers on the President a broad set of authorities to influence domestic industry in order to provide essential materials and goods needed for the national defense.)
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Sep 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Sep 13, 2022
Last action Sep 13, 2022
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
2
Key actions
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Committee
1
Sep 13, 2022
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
lower
Sep 13, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 10 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Byron Donalds
RRepublican
Co
Bill Posey
RRepublican
Co
Eric A. "Rick" Crawford
RRepublican
Co
James R. Baird
RRepublican
Co
Kevin Hern
RRepublican
Co
Madison Cawthorn
RRepublican
Co
Maria Elvira Salazar
RRepublican
Co
Markwayne Mullin
RRepublican
Co
Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr.
RRepublican
Co
Randy Feenstra
RRepublican
Co
Troy E. Nehls
RRepublican
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