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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"

Hearing•House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources•Feb 24, 2026 · 10:30 AM

Summary

House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held a hearing on Feb 24, 2026 at 10:30 AM in Longworth House Office Building, Room 1334. 7 witnesses appeared.

Record

The meeting has its video, witnesses, documents and bills on the record.

Video

The proceedings, as the committee streamed them.

Witnesses

7 witnesses appeared, with 12 papers on file.

NamePositionPapers
Mr. Mark ComptonExecutive Director, American Exploration & Mining AssociationBiography · Testimony · Truth in Testimony
The Honorable Harriet HagemanMember of Congress—
The Honorable Robert WittmanMember of Congress—
The Honorable Andy BarrMember of Congress—
Mr. Adam JohnsonCEO, Principal MineralBiography · Testimony · Truth in Testimony
Mr. Sean PiFounding Partner, Heeney CapitalBiography · Testimony · Truth in Testimony
Ms. Chelsea HodgkinsSenior EV Auto Supply Chains Policy Advocate, Public CitizenBiography · Testimony · Truth in Testimony

Documents

The committee filed 26 documents for the meeting.

DocumentKindFormat
H.R. 1501 (Rep. Shreve), "Protecting Domestic Mining Act of 2025"Bills and ResolutionsPDF
H.R. 2969 (Rep. Wittman), "Finding ORE Act"Bills and ResolutionsPDF
H.R. 4781 (Rep. Barr), "RESCUE Act of 2025"Bills and ResolutionsPDF
H.R. 5929 (Rep. Barr), "Critical Minerals Supply Chain Resiliency Act"Bills and ResolutionsPDF
H.R. 7126 (Rep. Wittman), "SECURE Minerals Act of 2026"Bills and ResolutionsPDF
Hearing NoticeSupport DocumentPDF
Hearing MemoSupport DocumentPDF
H.R. 7458 (Rep. Hageman), "Domestic ORE Act"Bills and ResolutionsPDF
Rep. Crank FTR Benchmark Minerals Article - Chinese AAM imports into the US face 160% tariff following antidu…Support DocumentPDF
Rep. Crank FTR Reuters Article - China is oversupplying lithium to eliminate rivals, US official saysSupport DocumentPDF
Rep. Crank FTR Reuters Article - Western miners push for higher metals prices to ward off Chinese RivalsSupport DocumentPDF
Ranking Member Ansari FTR AEMA Membership Page - Rio Tinto blurbSupport DocumentPDF
Chairman Stauber FTR National Association of Manufacturers StatementSupport DocumentPDF
Chairman Stauber FTR National Mining Association StatementSupport DocumentPDF
Statement for the Record - Bureau of Land ManagementSupport DocumentPDF
Statement for the Record - U.S. Geological SurveySupport DocumentPDF
Statement for the Record - Export-Import Bank of the U.S.Support DocumentPDF
Statement for the Record - Federal Permitting Improvement Steering CouncilSupport DocumentPDF
Rep. Huffman FTR H.R. 7458- Community Opposition LetterSupport DocumentPDF
Rep. Huffman FTR NPCA LetterSupport DocumentPDF
Chairman Stauber FTR Rep. Shreve's Statement on H.R. 1501Support DocumentPDF
Rep. Westerman FTR International Energy Agency Report - The Role of Critical Minerals in Clean Energy Transit…Support DocumentPDF
QFR Responses ComptonSupport DocumentPDF
QFR Responses HodgkinsSupport DocumentPDF
QFR Responses HodgkinsSupport DocumentPDF
QFR Responses PiSupport DocumentPDF

Bills

The meeting took up 6 bills.

  • H.R. 4781 — RESCUE Act of 2025 Rare Earth Solutions and Carbon Utilization Enhancement Act of 2025
  • H.R. 7126 — SECURE Minerals Act of 2026 Securing Essential and Critical U.S. Resources and Elements Minerals Act of 2026
  • H.R. 1501 — Protecting Domestic Mining Act of 2025
  • H.R. 7458 — Domestic ORE Act Domestic Opportunities for Resource Exploration Act
  • H.R. 5929 — Critical Minerals Supply Chain Resiliency Act of 2026
  • H.R. 2969 — Finding ORE Act Finding Opportunities for Resource Exploration Act