To improve assessments of and research about energy critical elements, and for other purposes.
Energy Critical Elements Advancement Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and the Secretary of Energy (DOE), acting through the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration, to collaborate to improve assessments of energy critical elements.
Requires the Director of the USGS to designate as a Principal Statistical Agency the entity within USGS that gathers information for such assessments.
Directs the DOE Secretary to: (1) establish a research program to advance basic knowledge and enable expanded availability of designated energy critical elements, and (2) develop and update biennially an integrated research plan to guide program activities.
Requires the Critical and Strategic Mineral Supply Chain Subcommittee of the National Science and Technology Council to report to certain congressional committees on the recycling of energy critical elements.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
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