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H.R. 9617119th CongressEnvironmental Protection
CHARM Act
Sponsored by Rep. Gary J. Palmer (R-AL) · 1 active : 1 Democrat
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate11 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedSep 15, 2026
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govCoordinating and Harnessing America’s Recovery of Minerals Act or the CHARM Act
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish and carry out a national strategy for recovering critical minerals from discarded materials.
Critical minerals
are defined as any mineral, element, substance, or material designated as critical by the U.S. Geological Survey because it is essential to U.S. economic or national security, has a vulnerable supply chain, and serves an essential function in manufacturing a product.
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The EPA must report to Congress every two years on its actions, plans, and recommendations relating to the national strategy.
How the projections held up
Each member’s recorded vote compared with their swing projection from before the vote. A member by voting against most of their own party.
House
Passed by voice vote or unanimous consent: no individual votes recorded.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Energy and Commerce · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
- Environment · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
- Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works · SenateReferred to
Subjects
- Congressional oversight
- Metals
- Solid waste and recycling
- Strategic materials and reserves
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the House breaks down
- 74Swing 70–100
- 217Middle 30–70
- 142Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 433 representatives have enough data to score. Non-voting delegates are not counted. The bill is not before the House right now; these scores show where members would stand.
Key players in the House
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, House
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Cosponsors
1 activeShow all 1 cosponsors
- Paul Tonko (D-NY-20)
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.
