A bill entitled: "Critical Materials Act of 1981".
Critical Materials Act of 1982 - Establishes a Council on Critical Materials under the Executive Office of the President to: (1) advise the President on national policy concerning critical materials; (2) coordinate Federal policies and activities concerning such materials; (3) evaluate Government activities according to the policy and directions provided under the National Materials and Minerals Policy, Research and Development Act of 1980; and (4) oversee and coordinate materials research and development programs of Federal entities.
Sets forth duties of the Council's executive director, which include: (1) cataloging materials research and development activities of public and private institutions; (2) evaluating the critical materials needs of basic industry and the Government; (3) initiating studies to resolve national critical materials problems; (4) issuing a biennial report providing a domestic inventory of critical resources with projections on the needs for such resources; and (5) recommending necessary changes in policies, regulations, and legislation to Congress.
Authorizes appropriations.
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Science and Technology. Report No: 97-761 (Part I).
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Science and Technology. Report No: 97-761 (Part I).
Referred to House Committee on Armed Services Sequentially, for a Period Ending not Later than September 22, 1982.
Executive Comment Requested from DOD, GSA.
Referred to Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and Critical Materials.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee.
Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From Interior.
House Committee on Armed Services Discharged by Motion.
House Committee on Armed Services Discharged by Motion.
Placed on Union Calendar No: 526.
Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From GSA.
Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From DOD.
Called up by House Under Suspension of Rules.
Failed of passage/not agreed to in House: Failed to Receive 2/3's Vote to Suspend and Pass by Yea-Nay Vote: 215 - 164 (Record Vote No: 437).
Roll Call #437 (House)Failed to Receive 2/3's Vote to Suspend and Pass by Yea-Nay Vote: 215 - 164 (Record Vote No: 437).
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