HB4025 H ENG AM #1

Akers 3254

The Committee on Energy and Manufacturing moves to amend the bill on page 1, section 3c, on line 12, after the word “for” by striking the words “a maximum period of”;

On page 1, section 3c, on line 13, after the word “beginning” by striking the date “January 1, 2022” and inserting in lieu thereof the date “July 1, 2022”;

On page 1, section 3c, on line 14, after the word “use” by striking the word “all”;

On page 1, section 3c, on line 14, after the word “and” by striking the word “other”;

And,

Beginning on page 1, section 3c, beginning on line 14, after the word “minerals” and the period by striking the sentence:

“For the purposes of this section “rare earth elements and other critical minerals” are defined as scandium, yttrium, lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, lutetium and other resources that are essential to the economy, whose supply may be disrupted, including, without limitation, metals such as lithium, cobalt, manganese, indium, tellurium, gallium, and platinum group elements.”

And inserting in lieu thereof the sentence:

“For the purposes of this section, “rare earth elements” (also known as rare earth metals or rare earth oxides) are only yttrium, lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, lutetium, and scandium, and “critical minerals” are only aluminum, antimony, arsenic, barite, beryllium, bismuth, cesium, chromium, cobalt, fluorspar, gallium, germanium, graphite, hafnium, indium, iridium, lithium, magnesium, manganese, nickel, niobium, palladium, platinum, rhodium, rubidium, ruthenium, tantalum, tellurium, tin, titanium, tungsten, vanadium, zinc, and zirconium.”

Adopted

Rejected