Hearing
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".
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Event Info
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- Title
- 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"
- Committee
- Committee on Natural Resources / Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
- Date line
- Tuesday, February 24, 2026 (10:30 AM)
- Published
- February 17, 2026 at 11:23 AM
- Last updated
- March 18, 2026 at 05:52 PM
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Witnesses
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Wyoming; the House witness record lists her as a Member of Congress for a January 2026 Transportation and Infrastructure Member Day hearing.
Mr. Mark Compton
Executive Director, American Exploration & Mining Association, Spokane Valley, WA
American Exploration & Mining Association, Spokane Valley, WAMs. Chelsea Hodgkins
Senior EV Auto Supply Chains Policy Advocate, Public Citizen, Washington, D.C.
Public Citizen, Washington, D.C.Mr. Sean Pi
Founding Partner, Heeney Capital, West Palm Beach, FL
Heeney Capital, West Palm Beach, FLDocuments
Source materials
DocumentDisclosure ComptonDocumentDisclosure HodgkinsDocumentDisclosure JohnsonDocumentDisclosure Pibill textH.R. 1501 (Rep. Shreve), "Protecting Domestic Mining Act of 2025"bill textH.R. 2969 (Rep. Wittman), "Finding ORE Act"bill textH.R. 4781 (Rep. Barr), "RESCUE Act of 2025"bill textH.R. 5929 (Rep. Barr), "Critical Minerals Supply Chain Resiliency Act"bill textH.R. 7126 (Rep. Wittman), "SECURE Minerals Act of 2026"bill textH.R. 7458 (Rep. Hageman), "Domestic ORE Act"noticeHearing NoticememorandumHearing MemoDocumentRep. Crank FTR Benchmark Minerals Article - Chinese AAM imports into the US face 160% tariff following antidumping investigation rulingDocumentRep. Crank FTR Reuters Article - China is oversupplying lithium to eliminate rivals, US official saysDocumentRep. Crank FTR Reuters Article - Western miners push for higher metals prices to ward off Chinese RivalsDocumentRanking Member Ansari FTR AEMA Membership Page - Rio Tinto blurbDocumentChairman Stauber FTR National Association of Manufacturers StatementDocumentChairman Stauber FTR National Mining Association StatementDocumentStatement for the Record - Bureau of Land ManagementDocumentStatement for the Record - U.S. Geological SurveyDocumentStatement for the Record - Export-Import Bank of the U.S.DocumentStatement for the Record - Federal Permitting Improvement Steering CouncilDocumentRep. Huffman FTR H.R. 7458- Community Opposition LetterDocumentRep. Huffman FTR NPCA LetterDocumentChairman Stauber FTR Rep. Shreve's Statement on H.R. 1501DocumentRep. Westerman FTR International Energy Agency Report - The Role of Critical Minerals in Clean Energy TransitionsDocumentQFR Responses ComptonDocumentQFR Responses HodgkinsDocumentQFR Responses HodgkinsDocumentQFR Responses Pi