House Select Committee to Introduce 3 Bills to Bolster Critical Mineral Supply Chains to Counter China

The committee’s working group on critical minerals policies holds its final meeting today.

Ranking member of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) (L), and Chairman Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Mich.) speak at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington on Sept. 25, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

A bipartisan group of lawmakers on the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party will unveil three bills on Dec. 11, after holding multiple meetings to discuss how to reduce China’s dominance of critical mineral supplies.

Reps. Rob Wittman (R-Va.) and Kathy Castor (D-Fla.), who led the committee’s Critical Minerals Policy Working Group, are due to introduce the Earth Sciences and Cooperation Enhancement Act of 2024.