Loading bill breakdown…
S. 1463119th CongressEnergy
Finding ORE Act
Sponsored by Sen. Christopher A. Coons (D-DE) · 4 active : 3 Republicans, 1 Democrat
Latest action: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 93.
Where it standsBefore the Senate7 senators score as swing votes
Hasn’t passed either chamber
- Senate: next
- House: not yet
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govFinding Opportunities for Resource Exploration Act or the Finding ORE Act
This bill allows the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to enter into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to partner with a foreign country in mapping the country's reserves of critical minerals and rare earth elements.
A
critical mineral is
any mineral, element, substance, or material designated as critical by USGS because it is essential to U.S. economic and national security, has a vulnerable supply chain, and serves an essential function in manufacturing a product.
Rare earth elements
Read full summaryHide full summary
have catalytic, magnetic, electrical, and luminescent properties vital for civilian and defense purposes.
In negotiating a MOU, USGS must seek to increase the security and resilience of international supply chains for critical minerals and rare earth elements by
committing to assisting the partner foreign country through cooperative activities that help it map reserves;
ensuring that private companies headquartered in the United States or an allied foreign country are offered the right of first refusal in the further development of critical minerals and rare earth elements in the partner foreign country;
facilitating private-sector investment in the exploration and development of critical minerals and rare earth elements; and
ensuring that the mapping data is protected against unauthorized access by, or disclosure to, governmental or private entities based in non-allied countries.
USGS must obtain the concurrence of the Department of State in
Committees and subjects
Committees
- Senate Committee on Foreign Relations · SenateReported by · Markup by · Referred to
Subjects
- Employment and training programs
- Geography and mapping
- Materials
- Metals
- Mining
- Public-private cooperation
- Strategic materials and reserves
How the Senate breaks down
- 7Swing 70–100
- 61Middle 30–70
- 32Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
Earlier behind swing-v3’s inputLoading similar votes
Cosponsors
4 activeShow all 4 cosponsors
- John Cornyn (R-TX)
- John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO)
- Todd Young (R-IN)
- Ted Cruz (R-TX)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
