Critical Mineral Import Reliance & Domestic Supply Chain
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2026-08-06 — DPAS Directive Allocation Order and Additional Requirements for Recoverable Critical Minerals and Materials: cross-connection with dpas-recoverable-critical-minerals-export-allocation: Domestic-allocation mandate on recoverable feedstocks (black mass, tungsten scrap) is a supply-side lever intended to reduce U.S. import reliance for critical minerals. (novelty: 3)
- 2026-08-04 — Presidential Determination Pursuant to Section 101 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as Amended, on Recoverable Critical Minerals and Materials: cross-connection with dpa-section-101-recoverable-critical-minerals: The DPA Section 101 determination targets domestic recovery/production as a policy response to the import-reliance vulnerabilities catalogued under the critical-mineral import-reliance page. (novelty: 3)
- 2026-07-23 — Securing America’s Defense Supply Chains and Ensuring Domestic Acquisition of Critical Materials: cross-connection with defense-supply-chain-critical-materials-eo: The EO’s domestic-acquisition mandate directly targets the import-reliance gap for defense-critical minerals catalogued in this page. (novelty: 3)
- 2026-07-16 — Critical Materials Processing Technology Testbed Act: cross-connection with critical-materials-processing-testbed: The proposed testbed directly targets the processing gap identified in U.S. critical mineral import reliance analyses. (novelty: 3)
- 2026-07-14 — Quantum-Enhanced Critical Minerals Mapping Act of 2026: cross-connection with critical-minerals-mapping-quantum: Quantum-enhanced mapping is framed as an upstream tool to reduce U.S. critical mineral import reliance by improving discovery of domestic deposits. (novelty: 3)
- 2025-03-11 — Decoupling from Foreign Adversarial Battery Dependence Act: cross-connection with decoupling-foreign-adversarial-battery-dependence-act: Battery procurement restrictions intersect with critical-mineral import-reliance concerns since batteries are the downstream product of the critical-mineral supply chain the U.S. is seeking to de-risk from China. (novelty: 2)
- 2026-02-05 — Critical Mineral Dominance Act: Critical Mineral Dominance Act (introduced) would direct DOI to expedite priority hardrock mining projects on federal lands, rescind agency actions impeding domestic production, and quantify the cost of import reliance — a legislative push to reduce dependence on imported mineral commodities via supply-side expansion. (novelty: 3)