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Strategic Energy and Minerals Initiative Act of 2021

USA117th CongressS-1537| Senate 
| Updated: 5/10/2021
Lisa Murkowski

Lisa Murkowski

Republican Senator

Alaska

Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Strategic Energy and Minerals Initiative Act of 2021 This bill requires federal actions to increase competition in global energy and critical minerals markets. It also reauthorizes through December 31, 2031, the Export-Import Bank. Specifically, the bill authorizes the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation to provide support for energy projects and for producing, processing, manufacturing, or recycling critical minerals. The corporation may not prohibit or restrict its support based on the type of energy involved in a project. The Department of the Treasury must direct the U.S. executive directors at multilateral development banks to oppose restricting assistance to developing countries based on the type of energy involved. Additionally, the bill includes provisions related to the Export-Import Bank, including to direct the bank to establish a strategic energy and minerals portfolio focused on providing financing for projects related to civil nuclear energy infrastructure, natural gas infrastructure, and critical minerals; increase, for each of FY2021-FY2031, the authorized aggregate amount of loans, guarantees, and insurance that the bank may have outstanding; and prohibit the bank from guaranteeing, insuring, or extending credit for the purchase of any nuclear material, equipment, or technology not provided for under a specified agreement. The Department of Energy may make guarantees for projects that increase the domestic supply of critical minerals. The federal government must fully implement the recommendations made in the Department of Commerce's report titled A Federal Strategy to Ensure the Secure and Reliable Supplies of Critical Minerals , published in June 2019.
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Timeline
May 10, 2021
Introduced in Senate
May 10, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
  • May 10, 2021
    Introduced in Senate


  • May 10, 2021
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Foreign Trade and International Finance

CoalCompetitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficitsElectric power generation and transmissionEnergy storage, supplies, demandGovernment lending and loan guaranteesInternational organizations and cooperationMetalsMiningMultilateral development programsNuclear powerOil and gasStrategic materials and reservesTechnology transfer and commercializationTrade agreements and negotiations

Strategic Energy and Minerals Initiative Act of 2021

USA117th CongressS-1537| Senate 
| Updated: 5/10/2021
Strategic Energy and Minerals Initiative Act of 2021 This bill requires federal actions to increase competition in global energy and critical minerals markets. It also reauthorizes through December 31, 2031, the Export-Import Bank. Specifically, the bill authorizes the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation to provide support for energy projects and for producing, processing, manufacturing, or recycling critical minerals. The corporation may not prohibit or restrict its support based on the type of energy involved in a project. The Department of the Treasury must direct the U.S. executive directors at multilateral development banks to oppose restricting assistance to developing countries based on the type of energy involved. Additionally, the bill includes provisions related to the Export-Import Bank, including to direct the bank to establish a strategic energy and minerals portfolio focused on providing financing for projects related to civil nuclear energy infrastructure, natural gas infrastructure, and critical minerals; increase, for each of FY2021-FY2031, the authorized aggregate amount of loans, guarantees, and insurance that the bank may have outstanding; and prohibit the bank from guaranteeing, insuring, or extending credit for the purchase of any nuclear material, equipment, or technology not provided for under a specified agreement. The Department of Energy may make guarantees for projects that increase the domestic supply of critical minerals. The federal government must fully implement the recommendations made in the Department of Commerce's report titled A Federal Strategy to Ensure the Secure and Reliable Supplies of Critical Minerals , published in June 2019.
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Timeline
May 10, 2021
Introduced in Senate
May 10, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
  • May 10, 2021
    Introduced in Senate


  • May 10, 2021
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Lisa Murkowski

Lisa Murkowski

Republican Senator

Alaska

Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee

Foreign Trade and International Finance

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
CoalCompetitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficitsElectric power generation and transmissionEnergy storage, supplies, demandGovernment lending and loan guaranteesInternational organizations and cooperationMetalsMiningMultilateral development programsNuclear powerOil and gasStrategic materials and reservesTechnology transfer and commercializationTrade agreements and negotiations