Quad Critical Minerals Partnership Act
Summary
Quad Critical Minerals Partnership Act This bill requires the President to establish a comprehensive strategy to address the national security threat posed by China's dominant share of the global critical minerals market by developing a more reliable and secure supply chain of critical minerals. The bill also requires the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation to prioritize projects that will support the strategy, including projects that will facilitate cooperation with other countries in the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue on investments related to critical minerals. (The dialogue is a coalition comprised of the United States, Japan, India, and Australia.) The U.S. Trade Representative must initiate multilateral discussions with other countries in the dialogue to support the strategy and facilitate cooperation on investments related to critical minerals.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Mar 30, 2022
Last action Mar 30, 2022
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Committee
1
Mar 30, 2022
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
upper
Mar 30, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
James Lankford
RRepublican
Co
Angus S. King, Jr.
IIndependent
Co
John Cornyn
RRepublican
Co
Mark R. Warner
DDemocratic
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